The role of riluzole in acute traumatic cervical spinal cord injury with incomplete neurological deficit: a prospective, randomised controlled study

…, AP Shetty, GK Pratheep, RM Kanna… - Indian Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
… Two in group A were females, while others were males (p = 0.49). Mean age in groups A
and B was 47.7 ± 14.8 and 51.2 ± 14.1 years (p = 0.44). Five patients died prior to 6th-week …

Prospective study to identify the clinical and radiologic factors predictive of pseudarthrosis development in patients with osteoporotic vertebral fractures

VK Viswanathan, AP Shetty, N Sindhiya, RM Kanna… - World Neurosurgery, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Although most osteoporotic vertebral fractures (OVFs) heal conservatively, the
most crucial undesirable outcome of conservative treatment is the failure to unite. There is …

Posterior-only stabilization versus global reconstruction in thoracic and thoracolumbar spinal tuberculosis; a prospective randomized study

…, AP Shetty, VK Viswanathan, RM Kanna… - International …, 2022 - Springer
Purpose Although the guidelines for surgical indications in spinal tuberculosis (TB) are well-established,
ambiguity still exists in deciding between posterior-only stabilization and global …

Accelerated anterior vertebral growth resulting in kyphosis correction following posterior spinal instrumented fusion

VK Viswanathan, AP Shetty, RM Kanna… - European Spine …, 2022 - Springer
Purpose To discuss the effect of posterior instrumented deformity correction and fusion on
the progressive endochondral ossification of anterior vertebral body in a patient with …

The analysis of progression of disc degeneration in distal unfused segments and evaluation of long-term functional outcome in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis patients …

…, VK Viswanathan, AP Shetty, S Hajare, RM Kanna… - Spine Deformity, 2022 - Springer
… The progression of disc degeneration did not correlate with age or sex distribution (p =
0.3), pre-operative and post-operative TEP scores (p = 032), pre-operative disc or facet …

Tubercular spondylodiscitis in elderly is a more severe disease: a report of 66 consecutive patients

AP Shetty, VK Viswanathan, RM Kanna… - European Spine …, 2017 - Springer
Purpose (1) To analyze peculiarities of presentation and prognosis of tubercular spondylodiscitis
(TBS) in elderly. (2) To assess if associated co-morbidities and risks lead to poorer …

[HTML][HTML] Type I Arnold Chiari Malformation with Syringomyelia and Scoliosis: Radiological Correlations between Tonsillar Descent, Syrinx Morphology and Curve …

…, AP Shetty, N Rai, S Hajare, RM Kanna… - Asian Spine …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Purpose The current study was planned to evaluate deformity characteristics, assess
relationship between morphology of syrinx/Arnold Chiari malformation (ACM) and deformity, …

Thoracic myelopathy in ossified ligamentum flavum: surgical management and long-term outcome following 2 different techniques of surgical decompression

…, VK Viswanathan, GJ Reddy, RM Kanna… - Global Spine …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Study Design: Retrospective cohort study. Objective: Thoracic ossified ligamentum flavum (TOLF)
has been reported to present with varying degrees of neuro-deficit and multiple factors …

Analysis of risk factors and treatment outcome in patients presenting with neglected congenital spinal deformity and neurological deficit

R Rajavelu, AP Shetty, VK Viswanathan, RM Kanna… - Spine Deformity, 2022 - Springer
… Results were expressed as the mean ± standard deviation and a p value of ≤ 0.05 was …
post-operative neuro-deficit and those who did not (p > 0.05; S-DAR 12.2 versus 16 in non-…

Diffusion tensor imaging characteristics in Hirayama disease: case report and review of the literature

NA Singh, VK Viswanathan, AP Shetty, RM Kanna… - World Neurosurgery, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Hirayama disease (HD) is a rare focal amyotrophy, commonly reported in
adolescent Asian males and characterized by unilateral or asymmetric distal upper extremity …