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Specialises in
- Spinal tumours
- Spine
About me
Mr Laing was appointed as a Consultant Neurosurgeon, with an interest in spinal neurosurgery, at Addenbrookes Hospital in 1995. His practice includes both complex spinal neurosurgery and minimally invasive (keyhole) surgery, which can often be performed as a day case. Mr Laing specialises in the treatment of degenerative disease, trauma, tumours and syringomyelia. In 2000 Mr Laing was appointed director of higher neurosurgical training for the Eastern Deanery. In this capacity he was directly involved in neurosurgical training both at local level and at the Royal College of Surgeons in London. In addition Mr Laing has been secretary of the British Cervical Spine Society and worked to establish the British Association of Spine Surgeons where he served on the Executive. In 2009 Mr Laing became Clinical Director of Neurosurgery at Addenbrookes where he has overseen many changes within the Neurosurgical centre and introduced key initiatives including day case spinal surgery. He is now clinical director of Neuroscience. He has recently been elected to serve on the council of the Society of British Neurological surgeons and has been appointed to the Neuroscience clinical commissioning group.
I believe that the most important development in spinal surgery over the last few years has been the introduction of minimally invasive surgical techniques, which significantly shorten recovery time. “I have developed a large minimally invasive spinal practice. I also work as part of a team of experts, collaborating with physiotherapists, sports medicine physicians, neurologists, rheumatologists and pain specialists. I aspire to achieve the highest standards, audit my practice and have published my surgical outcomes in peer-reviewed journals”.
Areas of interest
Spine; Spinal surgery; Lumbar disc prolapse; Cervical disc prolapse; Spinal trauma; Spinal tumours; Syringomyelia; Chiari malformation; Low back pain; Neck pain; Lumbar stenosis; Cervical myelopathy; Cervical radiculopathy
Medical secretaries
- Annie Bannister
- Dept. of Neurosurgery, Box 166 Addenbrooke's Hospital Hills Road CAMBRIDGE CB2 0QQ
- 01223 416393
- 01223 411223
- anniebannister@ntlworld.com
Anaesthetists worked with (Bupa members, please ask your consultant whether your anaesthetist is fee-assured)
Information for healthcare professionals (Bupa patients only, last 12 months)
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V2560
Decompression for central spinal stenosis (1 or 2 levels) - (5-50)
Spire Cambridge Lea Hospital (5-50)
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V2540
Posterior excision of disc prolapse (including microdiscectomy +/- decompression) - lumbar region (1 or 2 levels) - (1-5)
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V2544
Revision of posterior excision of disc prolapse (lumbar region) - (1-5)
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V2950
Anterior discectomy, decompression and fusion (including bone grafting) - cervical region (1 or 2 levels) - (1-5)
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V3362
Primary posterior fusion with instrumentation +/- decompression +/- discectomy (including Graft stabilisation and all fusion approaches) (lumbar region) - (1-5)
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