Projects

 

Projects: Thesis work submitted

·         Dr. P. Sunil Kumar - Single level anterior cervical discectomy and fusion : Is plating necessary.

·         Dr. E. Srinivas Rao - Predictive factors for outcome following surical management of thoraco lumbar fractures: A Prospective study

·         Dr. P. Maheshwara reddy - Clinical and prognostic study of cervical myelopathy due to OPLL in fluorotic and non fluorotic patients.

·         Dr. A. Sasidhar - Clinical and electrophysiological assessment of pain in pre operative and post operative spondylolisthesis patients.

·         Dr. M. Lakshmi Ananth - MRS and Histopathological correlation of brain tumors.

·         Dr. V. A. Kiran kumar -  Study of the clinical profile and surgical outcome of spinal disorders in  children and adolescents at a tertiary referral centre.

·         Dr. V. Jayachandar -  Lateral mass screw fixation in C1, C2 vertebrae : A prospective study on technical analysis and outcome.

·         Dr. M.A. Jagadish kumar -  PMMA augmented fenestrated pedicle screws in spondylolisthesis in patients with osteoporosis – an initial experience.

·         Dr. Akula Sanjeev Kumar - A study of functional outcome of autologous stem cell transplantation in patients with complete spinal cord injury.

·         Dr. Mohammad Abdul Ameen - A study of outcome and management of spinal tuberculosis according to severity at a tertiary referral centre.

·         Dr K Pundarikakshiah - Surgical strategy for cervical ossification of posterior longitudinal ligament.

·         Dr C. Krishna Mohan - An algorithmic approach for clinical management of low back ache in patients with normal imaging.

·         Dr C. Siva Subrahmanyam - Clinical, radiological and functional evaluation of surgical treatment in degenerative lumbar canal stenosis.

·         Dr V. Bala Balaji - MGMT methylation status and its efficacy in glioblastoma patients treated with temozolomide and radiotherapy.

·         Dr B.V. Ravi Kumar - Comparative study of various minimally invasive lumbar discectomy procedures and open discectomy based on clinical outcome, muscle injury markers and imaging changes.

·         Dr. A. Sudarsan - Correlation between clinical presentation, imaging, pathology and gene mutations in meningioma. 

·         Dr. D. M. Sasank - A prospective study on use of intraoperative application of vancomycin powder in instrumented spinal fusion surgeries.

 

Projects - Ongoing thesis work

• Dr. T. Srikanth (3^rd year) - Comparative study of open TLIF vs minimally invasive inter body fusion for lumbar spondylolisthesis.

• Dr. P. Rajesh (2^nd year) – Measurement of intraoperative intracranial pressure and cerebral perfusion pressure for predicting surgical outcome in severe traumatic brain injury.

• Dr. Vivek Sharma (2^nd year) - A prospective study on optimal timing of cranioplasty in cases of decompressive craniectomy.

• Dr. Jagtap Rukmaji Prakash (2^nd year) - Comparative  study of open and  minimally invasive lumbar  fusion  procedures  for lumbar spondylolisthesis  based on clinical  outcome, muscle  injury  markers and imaging  changes.

Thesis work carried out in collaboration with other departments

·         Dr. B.C.M.Prasad was a Co-guide- Department of Radiology- MRI evaluation of spinal canal tumors – correlation with histopathology

·         Dr. B.C.M.Prasad was a Co-guide- Department of Pathology - Expression of Pp53 and EGFR in glioblastoma multiformae

·         Dr B.C.M. Prasad was chief guide for the thesis of A. Viswanath reddy, Associate Professor, college of Physiotherapy, Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences Tirupati 2014, entitled “A prospective randomised controlled trial on the effectiveness of low intensity laser therapy on the wound healing dynamics in pressure ulcers”.

·         Dr B.C.M. Prasad was Co - guide for the thesis of Dr. V.S. Khaja Naseeruddin, III year M.D., Radio diagnosis, Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences Tirupati 2016, entitled “Differentiation of typical from atypical and malignant meningioma”.

·         Dr V V Ramesh Chandra was Co - guide for the thesis of Dr. V.S. Khaja Naseeruddin, III year M.D., Radio diagnosis, Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences Tirupati 2016, entitled “Differentiation of typical from atypical and malignant meningioma”.

Thesis work carried out in collaboration with other departments-

Ongoing thesis projects

·         Dr B.C.M. Prasad was Co - guide for the thesis of Dr. M.R. Kiran Kumar, III year M.D., Emergency Medicine, Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences Tirupati 2016, entitled “Demographic profile, clinical feature, imaging and outcome is patients presenting with traumatic brain injury to emergency department of SVIMS”. 

·         Dr B.C.M. Prasad was Co - guide for the thesis of Dr. B. Suguna, III year M.D., pathology, Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences Tirupati 2016, entitled “Utility of intraoperative squash cytology for the diagnosis of CNS lesions”. 

·         Dr V V Ramesh chandra was Co - guide for the thesis of Dr. M.R. Kiran Kumar, III year M.D., Emergency Medicine, Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences Tirupati 2016, entitled “Demographic profile, clinical feature, imaging and outcome is patients presenting with traumatic brain injury to emergency department of SVIMS”

Ongoing Research projects:

•  Co - Investigator: Dr. B.C.M. Prasad, Title: To study the effect of mobile phones on well-being, sleep and cognitive function, Funding agency: Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB No:SB/CT/155/2013), Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India.