Mr Abraham Manoj-Thomas

Consultant Orthopaedic & Spinal Surgeon

MBBS, MS (Orth), DNB (Orth), MNAMS (Orth), MRCS, FRCS (Orth), MSc (OrthEng)

Specialises in

Orthopaedics
Back surgery (spinal surgery)
Pain management injections for back and facet joints

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Conditions and Treatments

Caudal epidural
Cervical disc replacement
Cervical spinal fusion
Decompression/Laminectomy
Device for Intervertebral Assisted Motion (DIAM)
Disc degeneration disease (DDD)
Disc nucleus replacement
Disc prolapse (or herniated disc)
Discectomy for disc lumbar, cervical or thoracic prolapse
Discography
Facet joint injection
Kyphoplasty
Lower back pain
Lumber spinal fusion
Management of back pain
Microdiscectomy
Minimally invasive spinal procedures
Nerve root injections
Sciatica
Scoliosis
Scoliosis fusion/anterior release
Scoliosis fusion/posterior release
Spinal cervical, lumbar or thoracic decompression
Spinal deformities
Spinal stenosis
Spinal surgery
Spinal surgery for trauma
Spinal trauma
Spinal tumours
Spondylolisthesis
Thoracic spinal fusion
Total disc replacement
Vertebroplasty
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Professional bio

I completed my specialist orthopaedic training in 2012 on the All Wales Training Programme. My training included two Fellowships in Spinal Surgery. The Fellowships were in The Spinal Unit at The Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne and in The Spinal Unit at Cardiff and Vale Health Board Hospitals.

I am an Orthopaedic Consultant at St Joseph's Hospital and the Royal Gwent Hospital with a special interest in Spinal surgery, treating various conditions of the spine including degenerative conditions of the spine, spinal tumours and spinal trauma.

My area of expertise include the treatment of low back pain, leg pain including sciatica, neck pain, arm pain, sacroiliac pain and coccygeal pain. Treatments that I offer include: Lumbar (Low back) spinal decompressions, micro discectomy, spinal stabilisation / fusion, sacroiliac stabilisation and coccygectomy. Cervical (neck) decompression and stabilisation, cervical discectomy and fusion/ disc replacement.

I do injections for low back and radicular/leg pain as well as neck pain. I also do radio frequency denervations / ablations of facet joints and sacroiliac joints and work closely with physiotherapist to help in the management of acute and chronic low back pain and neck pain.

Special Clinical Interests

Spinal surgery
Orthopaedic surgery
Lumbar spine disorders
Degenerative conditions of the spine, spinal tumours, spinal trauma

Current NHS/Research Position

Orthopaedic Consultant at the Royal Gwent Hospital in Newport