PHYSICIANS ARTICLES
SURGERY OF COMPLEX SPINAL PATHOLOGIES—MANAGEMENT ISSUES
Dr K SRIDHAR
The surgery on the spine is still in many parts of the world, a matter of controversy, with both the public and the medical community associating it with a poor outcome. Most surgical approaches were limited to posterior laminectomy for a wide range of conditions.Read more…
IS MICROSURGERY REQUIRED IN EVERY CASE OF INTRAPARENCHYMAL GLIOMA?
Krishnamurthy Sridhar
In the early 1900s surgeons like Cushing, Dandy and Krause demonstrated surgical approaches to deep seated brain tumours and redefined neurosurgical principles. The surgeons removed brain tumours and other lesions, with a morbidity and mortality rate that was acceptable at that period of time, taking into consideration the lack of imaging, monitoring, anesthetic and surgical technology.Read more…
ANTERIOR SURGICAL APPROACHES FOR CERVICAL OPLL
Krishnamurthy SRIDHAR
Ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL) as a cause of cord compression was first reported by Key in 1838 (1), and by Tsukimoto in Japan in 1960 (2).Download …
PUBLIC INTEREST ARTICLES
MANAGEMENT OF HEAD INURIES
Krishnamurthy SRIDHAR
Head injuries are the major cause of mortality and morbidity especially following road traffic accidents. Care of head injured patients forms an important part of a neurosurgeons and a trauma surgeons work in all parts of the world. Read more…
SPINE SURGERY TODAY
Krishnamurthy SRIDHAR
In 2004, Surgery on the Spine is not what it was ten or twenty years ago. It is now a modern, technology driven art, which, together with a good clinical judgment on the part of the treating physician , is able to deliver results on par with any other complex surgery in the body. Read more…
WATCH YOUR HEADACHE --- SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE
Krishnamurthy SRIDHAR
Ms C,35 years old, woke up that morning at 5 am as she did on any other weekday morning. The mornings were always stressed as she was on a strict time schedule – her husband and children had to be fed and sent on their way by 7 am . Read more…
GENERAL INTEREST ARTICLES
JOIN THE WAR AGAINST TERRORISM -- ON CHENNAI ROADS AND HELP PREVENT ACCIDENTS
The whole world has come together for the purpose of fighting a War against Terrorism. No nation has been left untouched by the events of terror that started on September 11th 2001 and continued into December 2001. Read more…
SIR PERCIVAL POTT
K SRIDHAR
The whole world has come together for the purpose of fighting a War against Terrorism. No nation has been left untouched by the events of terror that started on September 11th 2001 and continued into December 2001. Read more…
GANESHA --- THE BEGINNING --- THE FUTURE ?
Krishnamurthy Sridhar, DNB (Neurosurg.)
One of the greatest glories of the Hindu religion is the worship of multiple deities in various forms, while still believing in the Single All Pervading Soul—The Brahman or the Absolute. Read more…