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Dr S. Karunakaran
Department: Spine Surgery
Designation: Director
Qualification: M.B.B.S, M.S, D.N.B
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Dr S. Karunakaran has an overall experience of 25 years and is currently working as an Associate Professor of Spine Surgery. He has pioneered in percutaneous endoscopic lumbar discectomy under local anaesthesia for disc prolapse. He is the fiirst in South India to have used INSPACE-interspinous implant for lumbar canal stenosis-Keyhole spine surgery local anaesthesia. He has performed more than 1000 spine surgeries-scoliosis, cervical spine pathologies, thoracotomies, laparotomy, disc replacement surgeries. He has presented various papers. He is also an esteemed member of Tamil Nadu Orthopedic Association, Association of south Indian states, Association of Spine Surgeons of India, and Asian Academy of Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery.
Experience
25 Years of Experience
Experience:
- 2014
Associate Professor of Spine Surgery, Department of Orthopaedics, Government General Hospital (Madras Medical college)
- 2006
Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopaedics, Government General Hospital (Madras Medical college)
- 2009 to 2011
Fellowship secretary Tamilnadu Orthopaedic association
- 2005
Contract Medical Consultant, Department of Orthopaedics, Government General
Hospital
- 2003 to 2004
Consultant Spine Surgeon, Meenakshi Mission Hospital
- 2000 to 2003
Junior Orthopedic Consultant, MIOT Hospitals
- 1995 to 1997
Medical Officer In Surgical Gastroenterology, Wellington Hospitals
Expertise
- Percutaneous endoscopic lumbar discectomy
- Cervical spine pathologies
- Thoracotomies
- Laparotomy
- Disc replacement surgeries
Achievements
- Mohandas Weller Gold Medal & Fellowship Award at 10th Anniversary meets of the Indo German Orthopedic Foundation, India. On analysis of single level stabilization in grade 1 and grade 2 spondylolisthesis (SPINE)
- ASSI (Association of spine surgeons of India) Traveling Spine Fellowship2005
- Tamil Nadu Orthopaedic Association Traveling Spine Fellowship 2006
- Best Publication in Tamil Nadu Orthopaedic Association Journal 2010 -Morphometric evaluation of the Cervical Spine Pedicle in our Population
Publications
- Analysis of Lumbar Spine Stabilization and fusion in Grade I & II Listhesis, IGOF Journal Vol.: 1(2002) 97 – 104.
- Tuberculosis of cervicodorsal Spine, IGOF Journal Vol.: 2(2002) 35 – 39.
- Bilateral Cervical Jumped Facets-Operative management by dorsal approach, Journal of Tamil Nadu Orthopaedic Association, Vol. 33(2007) 20-28.
- Morphometric study of the Cervical Spine Pedicle in our population- Best Publication 2011 in Journal of Tamil Nadu Orthopaedic Association, Vol. 36 (2010)
- Retro pharyngeal approach for Upper Cervical Spine lesions published in Journal of Tamil Nadu Orthopaedic Association, Vol.37 (2011)
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