Since returning to New Zealand in 1990 Mr Barnes initially worked as a consultant orthopaedic and spine surgeon at Auckland Hospital and a consultant spine deformity surgeon at Middlemore Hospital. He then established the Scoliosis Service at Starship Children's Hospital where he performed all the spine surgery for ten years and worked as a spine surgeon for a total of 18 years.
Currently his medical practice is devoted entirely to conditions of the spine and he is in full-time private practice in Newmarket, Auckland.
An Overview
- Specialist in diagnosis and surgical management of conditions of the spine
- Over 20 years experience as consultant spine surgeon
- Over 5000 operations safely and successfully completed
Conditions Treated
- Spinal Stenosis
- Disc Protrusion
- Cervical Radicular Pain
- Scoliosis
- Spondylolisthesis
- Low Back Pain requiring Surgical Treatment
What is Orthopaedics?
This is an area that deals with conditions of the musculo-skeletal system (disorders of bones and joints of the limbs and spine). The speciality covers a range of different types of conditions starting with congenital (conditions which children are born with) through to degenerative (conditions relating to the wearing out of joints). The field of orthopaedics covers trauma where bones are broken or injuries are sustained to limbs.
Other conditions that sit under the spectrum of orthopaedics are metabolic conditions, neurological and inflammatory conditions.