Dr. Rajesh Bindal has been named medical director of the Methodist Sugar Land Spine Center, currently slated to open in May 2010. As medical director of The Methodist Sugar Land Spine Center, Dr. Bindal will lead a multi-disciplinary team of physicians and health care professionals trained in providing the full range of key spinal care […]

Spinal Tumor Removal A first-of-its-kind surgery at Methodist Sugar Land Hospital has restored a patient’s ability to walk. Dr. Rajesh Bindal, neurosurgeon on staff at Methodist Sugar Land Hospital, performed the surgery on a patient who was suffering from a benign tumor on her spinal cord that cause paralysis in her legs. The delicate, three-hour

Lisa Riner has just experienced one of the most amazing experience in her life-the birth of her daughter Lexi, at Methodist Sugar Land Hospital. But as she prepared to take Lexi home, a lingering headache was putting a damper on her excitement. When Riner’s obstetrician, Dr. Jane Starr, found out about her pain, she examined

Artificial Disc Replacement Methodist Sugar Land Hospital’s neurosurgeon, Rajesh Bindal, M.D., performed an artificial cervical disc replacement on a patient suffering from degenerative disc disease. This was the first procedure of this type to take place at Methodist Sugar Land Hospital. Cervical degenerative disc disease is a result of the natural aging process or trauma.

Fort Bend County’s First Brain Surgery Surgeons at Methodist Sugar Land Hospital performed Fort Bend County’s first brain surgery or craniotomy. The patient underwent the craniotomy to remove a clot in the brain that put him at risk for stroke. Rajesh Bindal, M.D., neurosurgeon on staff at Methodist Sugar Land Hospital said the procedure was