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Dr Arvind G Kulkarni - Consultant Spinal Surgeon

• Outcome analysis of surgical treatment of multilevel cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM) - presented at North American AO Spine Fellows Forum - Banff, Alberta, Canada, 10th March, 2006 (First author)
• Management of Multilevel Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy (CSM) by Posterior Decompression and Instrumented fusion: Indications, Results and Outcomes in a Series of 93 cases - presented at CSS (Canadian Spine Society) annual conference at Lake Louise, Alberta, March 2006 (First author).
• Posterior Column Reconstruction with auto-graft rib following en-bloc tumour resection. [POSTER PRESENTATION] - presented at CSS (Canadian Spine Society) annual conference at Lake Louise, Alberta, March 2006 (First author).
• Intra-operative traction in the management of scoliosis. Jhaveri S, Lewis S, Kulkarni AG. presented at CSS (Canadian Spine Society) annual conference at Lake Louise, Alberta , March 2006.
• Management of Multilevel Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy (CSM) by Posterior Decompression and Instrumented fusion: Indications, Results and Outcomes in a Series of 93 cases - accepted for NASS Meeting, Seattle, September, 2006 [Poster Presentation - First Author].
• Posterior Column Reconstruction with auto-graft rib following en-bloc tumour resection. [ORAL PRESENTATION] -AOA-NZOA CSM meeting, Canberra, October 2006 (First author).
• Posterior Column Reconstruction with auto-graft rib following en-bloc tumour resection. [ORAL PRESENTATION] -ASSI meeting, Ahmedabad, January 2007 (First author).
• Paediatric Cervical Spine Trauma - patterns of injury plus efficacy and safety of third-generation spinal instrumentation [ORAL PRESENTATION]: Spine Society of Australia, Annual Conference, April 2007 at Hobart, Australia] (First author).
• Paediatric Cervical Spine Trauma - patterns of injury plus efficacy and safety of third-generation spinal instrumentation [POSTER PRESENTATION]: IMAST - Bahamas, July 2007(First author).

Published

• Kulkarni AG, Chu G, Fehlings MG. Pyogenic intradural abscess: a case report. Spine. 2007 May 20;32(12):E354-7.
• Kulkarni AG, Hee HT, Wong HK. Solis cage (PEEK) for anterior cervical fusion: Preliminary radiological results with emphasis on fusion and subsidence. The Spine Journal. 2007 Mar-Apr;7(2):205-9.
• Kulkarni AG, Tamer S, Ashley H, Diwan AD. The Swimmer's view for cervical facet injections. Eur Spine J. 2006 Jul;15(7):1150-2.
• Kulkarni AG, Hee HT. Adjacent level discitis after anterior cervical discectomy and fusion. A case report. Eur Spine J. 2006 Oct;15 Suppl 17:559-63.
• Goel A, Kulkarni AG, Sharma P. Reduction of fixed atlantoaxial dislocation: A report of an experience with 24 cases. J Neurosurg Spine. 2005 Apr;2(4):505-9
• Kulkarni AG, Goel A , Thirupathy S, Desai K. Extradural arachnoid cysts. A study of 7 cases. British Journal of Neurosurgery. 2004 Oct;18(5):484-8
• Kulkarni AG, Kulkarni GK. Para-articular osteochondroma of the talocalcaneal joint - a case report. The Foot Journal. 2004.Dec ;14:210-213
• Goel A, Kulkarni AG. Mobile and reducible atlantoaxial dislocation in presence of occipitalized atlas: Report on treatment of 8 cases by direct lateral mass plate and screw fixation. Spine. 2004 Nov; 29(22):E520-523
• Goel A, Kulkarni AG. Screw implantation in the spinous process of axis for occipitocervical fusion. J Clin Neurosci. 2004 Sep;11(7):735-737
• Kulkarni AG, Goel A, Muzumdar D. Solitary osteochondroma arising from the thoracic facet joint--case report. Neurologia medico-chirurgica (Tokyo). 2004 May; 44(5): 255-7
• Kulkarni AG, Prabhu V, Wade R, Katre RN. Complex elbow dislocation in a child. BHJ. 2002; 44(1): 265-266
• Kulkarni AG, Prabhu V. Tuberculosis tenosynovitis presenting as carpal tunnel syndrome - A case report with review of literature. BHJ. 2002; 44(2):102-103
• Kulkarni AG, Diwan AD. Prosthetic Lumbar Disc Replacement. Neurology India. 2006; 53(4);499-505
• Goel A, Sharma P, Dange N, Kulkarni AG. Techniques in the treatment of craniovertebral instability. Neurology India. 2006; 53(4); 525-533
• Kulkarni AG, Goel A. Re: Al-Barbarawi, Sekhon LHS. Protection of the C1 posterior arch in atlantal lateral mass fixation: technical case report. J Clin Neuroscience 2005 12(1), 59-61.J Clin Neurosci. 2005 Aug;12(6):726
• Kulkarni AG, Goel A. Re: Dong Y, Xia Hong M, Jianyi L, et al: Quantitative anatomy of the lateral mass of the atlas. Spine. 2003; 28:860-3.Spine. 2004 Aug 1;29(15):1707.
• Kulkarni AG, Goel A. Re: Tan M, Wang H, Wang Y, et al: Morphometric evaluation of screw fixation in atlas via posterior arch and lateral mass. Spine. 2003; 28:888-95. Spine. 2004 Aug 1;29(15):1706

Manuscripts accepted for publication

• Kulkarni AG, Goel A. Vertical atlanto-axial index: a new craniovertebral index. Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Participation as Invited Faculty for Spine Conferences / Workshops

• Bimonthly "Bombay Orthopaedic Society" meetings from March 1997 onwards till September 2003.
• "Advanced Fracture Course" organised by LTMG, Sion (Sion Municipal Hospital, Mumbai) in October 1998.
• "Posterior Lumbar InterBody Fusion (PLIF)" Workshop conducted by Dr P.S. Ramani at LTMG, Sion - Mumbai in November 1998.
• "Western India Regional Orthopaedic Conference (WIROC)" 1998 and 2000, Mumbai.
• "Spinal Instrumentation Workshop" during "Paediatric Orthopaedic Conference" in February 2000 at Nehru Centre, Mumbai.
• "Indo-German Shoulder Workshop" March 2001, Bombay Hospital, Mumbai.
• "Basic Arthroscopy Workshop" at Bandra Bhabha Hospital organised by Bombay Orthopaedic Society in August 2001.
• "Cadaveric Flap Workshop" at J.J. Hospital, Mumbai in August 2001.
• "Orthopaedic Oncology Update" at Tata Memorial Cancer Hospital, Mumbai in October 2001.
• "Basic Ilizarov Course 2001" at Sir HN Hospital, Mumbai in June 2001 conducted by ASAMI - INDIA.
• "Advanced Techniques in Cervical Spine Surgery - Practical Anatomy Workshop [St. Louis University, USA]" at NUH, Singapore from 11-13th August, 2004.
• "Scoliosis Research Society" -39th Annual Meeting at Buenos Aires Argentina, 6-9th September, 2004.
• "Innovative Treatment Options in Spine Surgery" - Buenos Aires Argentina, 6th September 2004.
• " Spine Society of Australia" - Annual Conference at Auckland, New Zealand, April, 2005.
• " Stryker Spine Symposium" - Ayer's Rock, Northern Territory, Australia, May, 2005.
• "Scoliosis Research Society" - 40th Annual Meeting at Miami, Florida, USA 27-30thh Oct, 2005.
• " Adult Spinal Deformity/ Immature Spine" - Miami, Florida, USA 27th October, 2005.
• "AO Advanced Spine Course" - Sun Valley, Idaho, USA, 23 - 26th February 2006.
• "North American AO Spine Fellows Forum" - Banff, Alberta, Canada, 9th-12th March 2006.
• "Canadian Spine Society Annual Conference" - Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada, 23rd-26th March 2006.
• "Current Concepts in the Management of Paediatric and Adult Scoliosis" - Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, USA 9-10th June 2006 (Scoliosis Research Society Workshop).
• Registered for "Midas Rex Hands-on Workshop" - Prince of Wales Orthopaedic Research Facility, Randwick, NSW on September 22, 2006.
• "AOA-NZOA CSM meeting" Canberra, October 2006.
• "Elevating Best Practice in Spine Surgery" - Sydney, November 8-9th 2006.