Prof Nicandro Figueiredo

About the Doctor

Dr. Nicandro Figueiredo is an accomplished Spinal Neurosurgeon offering more than 20 years of clinical experience with various reputed hospitals in Brazil, USA, KSA and in UAE. Dr. Nicandro has done his Medical School in the University of Brasilia, Residency in Neurosurgery in the Base Hospital of B...

Area of Expertise

Spinal problems and spinal surgery for adults and children; Treatment of disc diseases and spinal stenosis affecting the cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacral and coccygeal region, causing pain at the neck, arms, back, leg (sciatic pain) and “tail-bone” (coccyx); Use of conventional, mini-open, minimally invasive spinal surgeries, microsurgery, spinal fusion, disc replacement using artificial disc (arthroplasty), spinal neuronavigation and O-arm for 3D intraoperative image acquisition; Spinal deformity, including scoliosis and hyperkyphosis (“hunch back”), and other spinal malformations, including the treatment of Bertolotti’s syndrome; Spinal trauma (anterior and/or posterior decompression and fixation); Percutaneous kyphoplasty and spinal biopsy; Spinal tumours and cysts; Spinal infections; Treatment of spinal related pain using different techniques, including the implantation of spinal cord stimulators (SCS), for neuromodulation of chronic and incapacitating spinal pain;

Education & Qualifications

• MD, MSc, PhD Fellowship in Spine Surgery (USA), Post doctorate in Spinal Neurosurgery (USA), Adjunct Professor in the Mohammed Bin Rashed University (MBRU) and in the Gulf Medical University (GMU) - UAE