Dr Kaitepalli Raja Shekar

About Doctor :

Expertise :

• Operated over 1500 Neurosurgical Cases independently in Neurooncology and Skull Base surgery - Cerebellopontine Lesions including Vestibular schwannomas, Cp angle Meningiomas, Petroclival lesions, Posterior fossa lesions including Medulloblastoma Ependymomas, Brainstem gliomas, Different Location Meningiomas including Sphenoid wing, Anterior 1/3rd Falx, Middle 1/3rd Falx. Posterior 1/3rd Falx, Tentorial, Convexity, Tuberculum sella, Planum, Olfactory Groove, posterior fossa meningiomas, All Grade of Gliomas Grade 1,2, 3, 4 in all lobes frontal, Temporal, Parietal, Occipital, Cerebellar, eloquent Cortex Insular gliomas, Motor, Premotor region. Pituitary tumours including functioning micro and macro adenoma and non functioning macroadenoma Epilepsy Surgery- Anterior temporal lobectomy and Amygdalo hippocampectomy (ATL with AH) under Electrocorticography (ECog) guidance, Neuronavigation guided Focal Cortical dysplasia (FCD) in various lobes, Mutilobar Resections, Posterior Disconnections, Functional Hemispherotomy Peripheral nerve surgery like carpal tunnel syndrome release.
• Functional Neurosurgery including Deep Brain Stimulation for various indications .
• Neurovascular surgery including different Type of Aneurysms and Arterio Venous Malformations.
• Awake craniotomy for motor cortex and dominant temporal gliomas.
• Spine surgery including spinal fixation with Pedicle screws and rods at various levels cervical, Dorsal, Lumbosacral fixations, Decompressive Laminectomy at different levels, spinal Tumour excision including extradural, Intradural extra medullary tumours and intramedullary Tumors,Potts spine,Cervical corpectomy,ACDF,Laminectomy, Laminoplasty.
• Neuroendoscopy procedures such as Endoscopic Third ventriculostomy.
• ICP Monitoring for neurotrauma and stroke.
• Complex spine surgeries.CVJ Procedures like AAD,Basilar invagination.
• Transsphenoidal Pituitary adenoma excision.
• Unilateral Biportal Endoscopic (UBE) spine procedures.
• Minimally invasive spine surgery(MISS)
• Destandau technique and Easy go Spine endoscopic spine surgery.
• Paediatric Neurosurgery including Different type of shunts including programmable shunt, different type of tumours,myelomenigocele repair,Arnold chiari Malformations,craniosynostosis. Tracheostomy.
• Neurotrauma including surgeries for EDH,SDH(Acute and Chronic),Depressed Skull fracture,CSF Rhinorrhea and Decompressive Craniectomy for various indications,Cranioplasty (Autologous,Bone Cement,Titanium Mesh,3D imprinting technology).

Past Experience :

• Pace Hospitals,Shri BM Patil Medical College Hospital and Research Institute
• Yashodhara Superspecialty Hospitals
• Sunshine Hospitals
• Remedy Hospital
• Panacea Meridian Hospitals
• srikara Hospital
• Osmania General Hospital
• KIMS Hospital

Achievements & Awards :

• First Neurosurgeon in Bijapur District of North Karnataka to perform Aneurysm clipping.

Publications :

• Cranioplasty: A prospective comparative study of outcomes in short and long term cranioplasties with different modes of bone flap preservation and fixation. -IJNNS,2022.
• Recurrent Cerebellar Hemangioblastoma with Thoracic Intramedullary Spinal Tumor in a Young Patient with Von Hippel Lindau Disease: A Case Report Acta Scientific Neurology (ISSN: 2582-1121)

Memberships :

• ESSFN, AO spine, APSS,NASS,SBNS,INS,WFNS,Endoscopic Spine Society of India, Stereotactic Academy.

Languages :

• English
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• हिन्दी
• ಕನ್ನಡ
• தமிழ்
• Deutsch