Dr. Karthikeyan Y R

Qualifications & Education:

• MBBS – Bangalore Medical College
• MS (General Surgery) – PGIMS, Rohtak
• MCh (Neurosurgery) – SMS Medical College, Jaipur
• Professional Certificate in Hospital Management – IIM Bangalore
• Fellowship in Neuroendoscopy (Brain & Spine)
• AOSpine Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery Training

Areas of Expertise:

• Minimally invasive and Endoscopic Spine Surgery
• Brain & Spine Trauma
• Neuroendoscopy (Brain & Spine)
• Tumor Surgery – Brain & Spine
• Aneurysm & Vascular Neurosurgery
• Spine Stabilization Procedures
• Peripheral Nerve Surgery
• Skull Base Pathologies
• Emergency Neurosurgical Care

Professional Experience:

• Senior Resident – Neurosurgery, Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital, Delhi
• Associate Consultant – Neurosurgery, Apollo Hospitals, Bengaluru
• Consultant – Neurosurgery, Apollo Hospitals, Bengaluru

Research & Publications:

Publications

1. Vanished Kidney by Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor: A case report. AR Bansal, MS Griwan, Karthikeyan YR, SK Singh. Nephrourol Mon. 2013; 5(3): 843–846. PMCID: PMC3830914
2. Comparative Evaluation Of Preservation Versus Elective Division Of The Ilioinguinal Nerve In Open Mesh Repair Of Inguinal Hernias. A Bansal, S Rabha, M Griwan, YR Karthikeyan. The Internet Journal of Surgery. 2013; 30(1): 1-6. 
3. Evaluation Of Tissue Adhesive As an Alternative To Conventional Closure Methods In Inguinal Hernia Repair. AR Bansal, OP Saini, MS Griwan, YR Karthikeyan. East And Central African Journal Of Surgery 2012;17(3):19-25 
4. Isolated vertebral artery injury secondary to a suicidal neck stab. Griwan MS, Singh BJ, Rajan KY et al. Indian J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2013; 29: 203. 
5. Comparative evaluation of naftopidil and tamsulosin in treatment of patients with lower urinary tract symptoms with benign prostatic hyperplasia. MS Griwan, Karthikeyan YR, Kumar M et al. Uro Ann 2014;6(3):181-6.
6. Role of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Unconscious Patients due to Diffuse Axonal Injury and Its Prognostic Value. Karthikeyan YR, Purohit D, Sinha VD. Indian J Neurotrauma 2017; 14: 15-20. 
7. A rare case of Suboccipital extra spinal extra cranial Atypical Teratoid Rhabdoid Tumor(ATRT). Karthikeyan YR, Gupta A, Varshney T. J Neurosci Rural Pract. 2017; 8(3): 494–495. PMCID: PMC5488591
8. Post Traumatic Vertebro Basilar Dissection: Case Report and Review of Literature. Karthikeyan YR, Chopra S, Sharma S, et al. Romanian Neurosurgery 2017;31(3): 310 - 315 
9. Unruptured Anterior Communicating Artery Aneurysm with Co-Existing Blister Aneurysms: Case Report and Review of Literature. Karthikeyan YR, Kataria R, Sinha VD. Romanian Neurosurgery 2017; 31(2): 207 – 210 
10. Govindappa SKG, Rao BRM, Karthikeyan YR, Kumar S, Adiga CP. Novel Hybrid Treatment Approach for Dural Arteriovenous Fistula with Isolated Sinus and Absent Direct Dural Feeders. Apollo Medicine. 2023;20(2_suppl):S73-S75. doi:10.4103/am.am_4_23

Research projects

1. Comparative evaluation of Naftopidil and tamsulosin in treatment of patients with lower urinary tract symptoms with benign prostatic hyperplasia.
2. Role of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Unconscious Patients due to Diffuse Axonal Injury and Its Prognostic Value.

Papers presented

1. Role of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Unconscious Patients due to Diffuse Axonal Injury and Its Prognostic Value – awarded best paper; JB Modi award Annual Neurotrauma conference 2016, AIIMS, New Delhi.
2. Coagulopathy in severe head injury in pediatric patients. Awarded second best paper; INDSPNCON 2016, Bangalore.

Conference Presentations:

• Best Paper: MRI in Diffuse Axonal Injury – JB Modi Award, AIIMS Neurotrauma Conference
• Coagulopathy in Pediatric Severe Head Injury – INDSPNCON Award

Book Chapters:

• Contributor – The Operative Atlas of Neurosurgery (Thieme Publications)

Languages Known:

English, Tamil, Hindi, Kannada, and Telugu