Search Results - "Ravikumar, Nivetha"

Analysis of unplanned hospital readmissions up to 2-years after metastatic spine tumour surgery by Kumar, Naresh, Thomas, Andrew, Madhu, Sirisha, Ramos, Miguel Rafael David, Shen, Liang, Tan, Joel Yong Hao, Villanueva, Andre, Ravikumar, Nivetha, Liu, Gabriel, Wong, Hee Kit

“…Purpose The aim of this study was to investigate rates, causes, and risk factors of unplanned hospital readmissions (UHR) within 30 days, 90 days, 1 year and 2…”
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Current Status of the Use of Salvaged Blood in Metastatic Spine Tumour Surgery by Kumar, Naresh, Ravikumar, Nivetha, Tan, Joel Yong Hao, Akbary, Kutbuddin, Patel, Ravish Shammi, Kannan, Rajesh

“…To review the current status of salvaged blood transfusion (SBT) in metastatic spine tumour surgery (MSTS), with regard to its safety and efficacy,…”
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First Clinical Experience with a Carbon Fibre Reinforced PEEK Composite Plating System for Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion by Milavec, Helena, Kellner, Christoph, Ravikumar, Nivetha, Albers, Christoph E, Lerch, Till, Hoppe, Sven, Deml, Moritz C, Bigdon, Sebastian F, Kumar, Naresh, Benneker, Lorin M

“…Carbon fibre reinforced polyether ether ketone (CFR-PEEK) is a suitable material to replace metal implants in orthopaedic surgery. The radiolucency of CFR-PEEK…”
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Intraoperative cell-salvaged autologous blood transfusion is safe in metastatic spine tumour surgery: early outcomes of prospective clinical study by Kumar, Naresh, Tan, Joel Yong Hao, Chen, Zhaojin, Ravikumar, Nivetha, Milavec, Helena, Tan, Jiong Hao

“…Purpose Allogeneic blood transfusion (ABT) is current standard of blood replenishment despite known complications. Salvaged blood transfusion (SBT) addresses…”
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Intraoperative Neuromonitoring (IONM): Is There a Role in Metastatic Spine Tumor Surgery? by Kumar, Naresh, G, Vijayaraghavan, Ravikumar, Nivetha, Ding, Yan, Yin, May Lin, Patel, Ravish Shammi, Naresh, Nandika, Hey, Hwee Weng Dennis, Lau, Leok-Lim, Liu, Gabriel

“…STUDY DESIGN.A retrospective design. OBJECTIVE.We aim to report our experience with multimodal intraoperative neuromonitoring (IONM) in metastatic spine tumor…”
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Factors influencing extended hospital stay in patients undergoing metastatic spine tumour surgery and its impact on survival by Kumar, Naresh, Patel, Ravish Shammi, Wang, Samuel Sherng Young, Tan, Joel Yong Hao, Singla, Aditya, Chen, Zhaojin, Ravikumar, Nivetha, Tan, Amanda, Kumar, Nandika, Hey, Dennis Hwee Weng, Prasad, Samuel Vara, Vellayappan, Balamurugan

“…•Retrospective review, 220 patients undergoing MSTS.•Median LOS = 7 days; eLOS is defined as >75th percentile of LOS, which was ≥11 days.•Metastases from…”
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Surgical Management of Multiple Myeloma With Symptomatic Involvement of the Spine by MILAVEC, HELENA, RAVIKUMAR, NIVETHA, SYN, NICHOLAS L., YENTIA SOEKOJO, CINNIE, CHNG, WEE JOO, KUMAR, NARESH

“…INTRODUCTIONMultiple myeloma (MM) is the most frequent primary malignancy of the spine. We aimed to investigate the clinical presentation, surgical indications…”
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Evaluation of the Feasibility of Transfusing Leucocyte Depletion Filter (LDF) Processed Intra-Operative Cell Salvage (IOCS) Blood in Metastatic Spine Tumour Surgery (MSTS): Protocol for a Non Randomised study (Preprint) by Kumar, Naresh, Tan, Jiong Hao, Ravikumar, Nivetha, Tan, Joel Yong Hao, Milavec, Helena, Agrawal, Rohit, Kannan, Rajesh, Kumar, Aravind

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