Expertise
Neuro-oncology and the degenerative spine.
The lists below follow the conditions and procedures named on Mr Liaquat’s public consultant profiles. A consultation decides what, if anything, is suitable. This page is not a promise of a particular operation.
01 — Brain
Tumour surgery, including when the patient is awake.
Mr Liaquat’s subspecialist interest is brain tumours. Fellowship training at St George’s covered awake craniotomy, fluorescence-guided resection and low-grade glioma. In Edinburgh he has led adult neuro-oncology surgery and, from 2017 to 2025, the Scottish Adult Neuro-oncology Network.
People are also seen with hydrocephalus and with head injury. Research alongside the clinical work has looked at extent of resection, repeat craniotomy, and how a brain tumour can affect the ability to consent to treatment.
Sudden weakness, a seizure that will not stop, or a thunderclap headache needs emergency care, not a private clinic booking.
Brain practice
- Low-grade glioma Assessment and surgery
- Awake craniotomy Selected tumours
- Fluorescence guidance Tumour resection
- Brain tumours Surgical opinion
- Hydrocephalus Including shunt surgery
- Head injury Neurosurgical care
Spine practice
- Lumbar disc prolapse Discectomy
- Sciatica and leg pain Assessment first
- Spinal stenosis Decompression
- Cervical disc and myelopathy Neck surgery
- Nerve pain procedures Root and facet injections
- Selected disc replacement When appropriate
02 — Spine
Most people are seen long before an operation is discussed.
Clinic work covers back pain, neck pain, sciatica, trapped nerves, foot drop and degenerative change in the neck and lower back. Procedures named in patient reviews and profiles include microdiscectomy, lumbar decompression, nerve root block, facet joint injection and medial branch block.
An injection is sometimes the treatment. Sometimes surgery is. Sometimes neither is the right next step. Scans are read in the room so the decision is shared, not handed over as a verdict.
Doctify patients most often mention leg pain, herniated disc, sciatica and lower back pain. Those themes match the published case-mix: a busy spinal clinic beside a brain-tumour practice.
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