Dr. S. Karunakaran |

About Dr. S. Karunakaran

Dr. S. Karunakaran

Specialist:      Spine Surgeon
Experience:   23 Years of Experience
Hospital:          Global Hospitals, Chennai

Brief About Doctor:

Dr. S. Karunakaran is a well-known Consultant and Spine Orthopedic Surgeon with an experience of 23+ years.
Dr. S. Karunakaran is prolific in the treatment of spinal disorders of the cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine.
His treatment involves the appropriate use of minimally invasive and motion-sparing techniques.

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He is the first one to carry out percutaneous endoscopic lumbar discectomy under local anesthesia for disc prolapse in this part of the country (Transforaminal and interlaminar without stitches).
He is the first surgeon to use INSPACE – interspinous implant for lumbar canal stenosis (keyhole spine surgery local anesthesia).
He also initiated the 3D printed spinal implant and performed more than thousand spine surgeries including scoliosis, cervical spine pathologies, thoracotomies, laparotomy, disc replacement surgeries.
He has received the prestigious Mohandas Weller Gold Medal and Fellowship Award, Indo German Orthopedic Foundation, India in 2017, Best Publication award in Tamil Nadu Orthopedic Association Journal (2010) for Morphometric evaluation of the Cervical Spine Pedicle in our Population, Tamil Nadu Orthopedic Association Traveling Spine Fellowship award in 2006 and ASSI (Association of spine surgeons of India) Traveling Spine Fellowship award in 2005.
He is the member of Indian Medical Association (IMA); Tamil Nadu Orthopedic Association; Orthopedic Association of South Indian States (OASIS); Association of Spine Surgeons of India (ASSI); and Asian Academy of Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery.
He passed MBBS from Rajah Muthiah Dental College Hospital, Annamalai University in 1994 MS in Orthopedics from Sri Ramachandra University, Chennai in 2000; and DNB in Orthopedics/Orthopedic Surgery from Medical Council of India in 2001. Dr. Karunakaran has attended training on Interlaminar Percutaneous Endoscopic Cervical and Lumbar Spine Surgery with Dr. Sebastian Ruetten, at St. Anna Hospital, Herne, Germany in 2012. He also attended advanced training for Endoscopic Spine Surgery under Dr.Anthony Yeung, Phoenix, USA in 2012.

Work Experience:

Consultant, Government General Hospital, 2017
Consultant, Meenakshi Mission Hospital
Associate Consultant, MIOT Hospitals
Associate Consultant, Wellington Hospitals

Specialization:

Spine Injury
Spinal Fusion
Spinal Cord Injury Treatment
Spinal Disorders
Spinal Disc Surgery
Spinal Therapy
Neck and Spine Biopsy
Back Pain Treatment
Neck Pain Treatment
spine pain management
Congenital and acquired deformity correction
Spine scoliosis and kyphosis
Endoscopic Disc Surgery
Neck and Back pain Clinic
Spine Conservative Management/Non-surgical Technique
Spine Dynamic stabilization
Non Fusional spine surgical Technique
Regenerative Technique
Epidural Transforaminal Injection
Facet Injection
Spinal Rehabilitation Technique
Robotic Calipers / Injections
Spine 3D Printing
General Orthopedic Clinic
Joint Pain Treatment
Keyhole-Sutureless Spinal surgeries

List of Treatment:

Kyphosis (Hunchback) Treatment
Anterior Cervical Discectomy
Cervical Corpectomy
Foraminotomy
Kyphoplasty

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Laminoplasty
Laminotomy
Lumbar Laminectomy for Spine
Micro Discectomy
Minimally Invasive Anterior Cervical
Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
Nucleoplasty
Posterior Cervical Discectomy
Revision Spine Surgery
Spinal Fusion Surgery
Spinal Laminectomy
Total Disc Replacement
Vertebroplasty
Multiple Sclerosis
Anterior Cervical Corpectomy Spine Surgery
Anterior Transoral Approach To Upper
Cervical Spine
Artificial Spine Lumbar Disc Replacement
Cervical Spine Surgery
Endoscopic Micro Discectomy MED
Micro Lumbar Discectomy Mld
PLIF Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion
Reconstruction Of Traumatic Cervical
Spine With Vascular Fibular Graft
Spinal Disc Replacement
Spinal Endoscopic Surgery
Stabilization Of Traumatic Spine
Spine Tumour Surgery
Cervical Disc Replacement Surgery
Scoliosis Spine Surgery
Spine Decompression Surgery
Surgery for Spina Bifida
Comprehensive Myelopathy – Spinal Cord Surgery
Spinal Instrumentation
Vertebroplasty and Kyphoplasty
Spondylitis
Slip Disc
Spinal Stenosis
Disc Herniation
Prolapsed Disc
Spinal Cord Injury – Stem Cell Treatment

Education:

DNB, 2001, Medical Council of India
MS, 2000, Sri Ramachandra University, Chennai
MBBS, 1994, Rajah Muthiah Dental College Hospital, Annamalai University

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OPD Schedule Of Dr. S. Karunakaran

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Monday

10:00 AM - 05:00 PM

Tuesday

10:00 AM - 05:00 PM

Wednesday

10:00 AM - 05:00 PM

Thursday

10:00 AM - 05:00 PM

Friday

10:00 AM - 05:00 PM

Saturday

10:00 AM - 05:00 PM

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