Mumbai doctors correct six-year spinal deformity in rare surgery on 32-year-old
A 32-year-old man from Maharashtra's Hingoli, who had been living with severe spinal deformity caused by ankylosing spondylitis for nearly six years, underwent corrective spine surgery at Sir JJ Group of Hospitals in Mumbai.
Shivraj Mahadeo Javane, who was diagnosed with ankylosing spondylitis in 2021, had developed a severe forward curvature of the spine that made it difficult for him to stand upright, walk, sleep, bend or look straight ahead.
His condition had progressively worsened, eventually forcing him to quit his job at a bank in Hingoli in 2022. He later underwent hip replacement surgery in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar in 2025 after abnormal weight-bearing caused by the spinal deformity severely affected his hip joint.
Severe spinal curvature linked to ankylosing spondylitis
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