Department of Neurosurgery - TNMC & Nair Charitable Hospital

About the Department

DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY

B.Y.L. NAIR HOSPITAL AND TOPIWALA NATIONAL MEDICAL COLLEGE

History:

The Neurosurgery department of T.N. Medical college & B.Y.L. Ch. Nair hospital was established in September 1971 when Dr. Vijay G. Daftary, who was then heading one of the General surgery units, was made Head of Neurosurgery Department. He continued till his retirement in 1977. Dr. U.S. Vengsarkar took over till he retired in September 1992. Dr. H.V. Savant became Head of department in October 1992. After retirement of Dr. H.V. Sawant, Dr. Trimurti D. Nadkarni is the present Head of Department from May 2016.

Milestones and important events:

1. First Stereotaxic surgery for Parkinson's disease, was done at Nair Hospital by Dr. U.S. Vengsarkar & Dr. H.V. Savant in 1980.

2. Neurosurgery residency program started with one registration in 2016 and enhanced to 4 candidates per year from 2017.

3. Ten bedded dedicated Neurosurgery ICU was started on 23rd November 2016.

4. Successful removal of worlds largest brain tumor weighing 1.873 kg was done in BYL Nair Hospital by team led by Dr. Trimurti D. Nadkarni in Feb 2018.

5. Establishment of Endovascular Neurosurgery suite for management of complex neurovascular diseases was done in September 2018.

Services Offered:

We offer treatment in all the subspecialties of neurosurgical field. We have two state of the art Operation Theatres (OT) which are well equipped for various surgeries. There is a dedicated OT for conducting stereotactic procedures. For post operative care, we have a well equipped 10 bedded Neurosurgery ICU. The following surgeries are conducted on a regular basis.

All types of brain tumor surgeries.

All types of vascular surgeries like aneurysms, AVMs of brain & spinal cord.

Elective spine surgeries like spinal cord tumors, spine deformities, spine instrumentations.

Surgeries for brain and spinal trauma.

Skull base surgeries.

Posterior fossa surgeries.

Pediatric neurosurgery.

Endovascular Neurosurgery which includes Diagnostic angiography, Mechanical thrombectomy, Carotid stenting, coiling for aneurysms, embolization of AVM and tumors.

Neuronavigation based procedures.

Radio frequency lesioning in cases of Trigeminal neuralgia. Epilepsy Surgery. Functional Neurosurgery.

Stereotactic Procedures

Staff Members:

Dr. Trimurti D. Nadkarni, Professor & Head.

Dr. Devendra K. Tyagi, Associate Professor.

Dr. Srikant Balasubramaniam, Associate Prof (Additional).

Dr. Pandurang S. Barve, Assistant Professor.

Future Plans and Development:

We plan to operationalize one more operation theatre. New advanced OT table and lights are being procured.

Faculty

Dr Murtaza Dadla

Assistant Professor

Dr Himanshu Patel

Assistant Professor

Dr Sagar Patil

Assistant Professor

Dr Nakul Rathore

Assistant Professor

Dr. Trimurti D Nadkarni

Professor and Head

Dr. Devendra K Tyagi

Associate Professor

Dr. Srikant Balasubramaniam

Associate Professor (Additional)

Dr. Pandurang S Barve

Assistant Professor

Research and Publications

RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS (2017-2022)

2022:

1.Gandhi AS, Nadkarni TD, Balasubramaniam S. Clival Tuberculosis: A Case Report. Neurol India 2022;70:775-7.

2. Roy JM, Balasubramaniam S, Barve PS, Nadkarni TD. Clinical Profile, Evaluation of imaging guidelines and management of pediatric traumatic brain injury at a tertiary care center in India: A review of 269 patients. J Pediatr Neurosci (online ahead of publication).

3. Fetal Neuroanatomy, Jain S, Nadkarni TD. J Pediatr Neurosci (accepted for publication).

2021:

1. Patel PR, Dadla MM, Nadkarni TD. Multiple extradural arachnoid cysts causing cord compression. J Pediatr Neurosci, (cited 2021 Sep 17)

2. Thombare PR, Nadkarni VT, Balasubramaniam S. Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis following transsphenoidal excision of pituitary adenoma: A case report. J Cerebrovasc Sci 2021; 9,52-5.

3. Patel HR, Pandurang BS, Nadkarni TD. Endovascular treatment of saccular aneurysm associated with fenestrated basilar artery and proximal stenosis of vertebral artery origin- A treatment challenge. J Cerebrovasc Sci 2021; 9:38-40.

2020:

1. Kalbagwar SK, Barve PS, Nadkarni TD. Basilar aneurysm and coarctation of the aorta. J Cerebrovasc Sci 2020;8:123-5.

2019:

1. Sonal Jain, Keval Shukla, Trimurti D Nadkarni, Sweety Shinde. Diffuse large B cell non-hodgkins lymphoma mimicking stroke: a case report. Journal of Stroke Medicine,2019. 2(2) 150-154.

2018:

1. Dighe MP, Balasubramaniam S, Nadkarni TD. Transthoracic approach for ventrally situated paraspinal extradural hydatid cyst of the dorsal spine. Journal of craniovertebral junction & spine. 2018 Oct;9(4):271.

2. Satardey RS, Balasubramaniam S, Pandya JS, Mahey RC. Analysis of factors influencing outcome of depressed fracture of skull. Asian journal of neurosurgery. 2018 Apr;13(2):341.

2017:

1. Pandurang S. Barve, Raunaq S. Chhabra, Vinayak V. Raje, Sunil R. Yadav. To study the association of CSF leak in open and closed frontobasal skull fractures. Al Ameen J Med Sci 2017: 10(4) 271-275.

2. Raunaq S. Chhabra, Vinayak V. Raje, Pandurang S. Barve, Sunil R. Yadav. To study the association of CSF leak in frontobasal skull fractures classified with the Bursteins classification. International Journal of Advances in Medicine.

Academic Activity

ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES (2018-2021)

YEAR	THEORY CLASSES	CLINICAL SEMINARS	JOURNAL CLUBS	CASE PRESENTATIONS	GROUP DISCUSSIONS	GUEST LECTURES
2018	14	68	14	46	35	10
2019	16	74	12	41	36	12
2020	17	76	15	49	32	8
2021	19	75	11	42	31	8