Ivan BhaskarVictoria Neurosurgery
MBBS MS MCh FRACS – Brain & Spine Surgeon
Mr Ivan Bhaskar is a highly qualified Australian trained Neurosurgeon with a double degree in Neurosurgery and sub-specialization in keyhole spine surgery providing Neurosurgical services in Metropolitan Melbourne, Bacchus Marsh, Gisborne and Bendigo.
Mr Bhaskar has also completed a Spine Fellowship and has expertise in keyhole spine surgeries with state of the art equipment to aid such surgeries for the management of back pain and complex spinal conditions. In addition to performing Robotic spinal surgeries at the Epworth Hospital and The Valley Private Hospital, he has trained further to provide Endoscopic spine surgeries in selected cases.
He has had extensive experience with complex Brain and Spinal surgery having worked for the last 15 years in this specialized field.
Our General Services
Endoscopic Spine Surgery (Keyhole Surgery)
Endoscopic surgery is performed through tiny incisions in the back that measure about 8-10 mm to achieve results that have…
Lumbar Laminectomy
This is a procedure that is done to expand a narrow spinal canal as in Lumbar canal stenosis that results…
Lumbar Discectomy
This surgery is indicated in patients who have radicular pain (commonly known as sciatica) that does not resolve with conservative…
Lateral/Oblique lumbar fusion
Discogenic low back pain, scoliosis, nerve impingement in the foramina causing leg pain, slipped vertebra, cancer of the spine.This is…
Cervical Disc Arthroplasty/Artificial Disc Replacement
Indications: The indications are much similar to anterior cervical discectomy and fusion except that this procedure is generally done in…
Anterior Cervical Discectomy And Fusion (Cervical Fusion Surgery)
This is the most common neck surgery done for neck and upper limb symptoms. This is done to relieve symptoms,…
