- Fee assured
- Verified account
- Not in Open Referral network
Specialises in
- Spinal tumours
- Spine
Offers
- Face-to-face consultations
- Video and telephone consultations
About me
Mr. Iqroop Chopra is a Consultant Spinal Surgeon based in Cardiff who specialises in non-operative and operative management of spinal conditions. Mr Chopra has been a full time consultant at Cardiff & Vale since 2007 with practice privileges at Nuffield Vale hospital.
A spinal fellowship trained neurosurgeon, Mr Chopra trained in London at tertiary neurosurgical and orthopaedic hospitals. He works at the Nuffield Health South Wales Spinal Centre, and is qualified to look at spinal pathology from both an orthopaedic and a neurosurgical perspective. This unique dual perspective is an important aspect of the South Wales Spinal Centre team approach, comprising of three other orthopaedic spinal surgeons, who accurately investigate, diagnose, treat and rehabilitate the entire spectrum of spinal conditions.
Since most spinal conditions do not require surgery, Mr. Chopra is also able to treat a range of spinal disorders without surgery by working closely with radiologists, physiotherapists and pain management specialists. Surgically, he has specific expertise in minimally invasive surgery. This includes the use of the microscope for carrying out lumbar microdiscectomy, decompressive surgery, neck and back spinal fusions, artificial disc replacements, and further intrinsic dissection around the nerves for tumours.
For the past five years, Mr Chopra has been involved with Spineaid, a charity involved with treating spinal deformity in children and young adults in India. What started as a desire to give back to the system has turned into a passion to treat deserving poor patients with deformity with an objective to further help establish centres offering spinal intervention to patients unable to afford such surgery.
Areas of interest
Sports injuries; Spinal oncology; Carpal tunnel syndrome; Disc replacement; Epidural injections; Revision surgery (orthopaedic); Sciatica; Degenerative spine disorders; Spinal neurosurgery; Back pain; Trauma; Minimal access / invasive surgery; Neck pain; Cervical spine (diseases and disorders of); Lumbar spine (diseases and disorders of); Spinal surgery; Microsurgery; Peripheral nerve disorders
Medical secretaries
- Ms. Tena Halliday, Secy
- 07427 482674
- IqroopChopraSecretary@outlook.com
Anaesthetists worked with
- Dr Kinnari Mehta
Not Fee Assured
- Dr Damien Cremin
Not Fee Assured
- Dr Stephen Pugh
Not Fee Assured
Information for healthcare professionals (Bupa patients only, last 12 months)
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V3362
Primary posterior fusion with instrumentation +/- decompression +/- discectomy (including Graf stabilisation and all fusion approaches) (lumbar region) including spinal cord monitoring - (1-5)
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V2542
Posterior excision of disc prolapse with undercutting facetectomy +/- decompression - lumbar region (1 or 2 levels) - (1-5)
Nuffield Health Vale Hospital (1-5) Spire Cardiff Hospital (1-5) Nuffield Health Cardiff Bay Hospital (1-5)
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V2652
Revision posterior fusion +/- instrumentation (lumbar region) including spinal cord monitoring - (1-5)
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V3350
Combined anterior approach discectomy, decompression and fusion and posterior fusion (lumbar region) including spinal cord monitoring - (1-5)
Spire Cardiff Hospital (1-5)
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V4142
Removal of posterior scoliosis instrumentation (as sole procedure) - (1-5)