Publications

Publications of Department


  • Post laminectomy discitis and other infections. Alok Ranjan, Thomas Joseph,Mathew J Chandy. Neurology India 40:205-210; 1992.
  • Non-diagnostic CT-guided Stereotactic biopsies in a series of 407 cases: Influence of CT morphology and operator experience. Alok Ranjan, V Rajshekhar, T. Joseph, M. J. Chandy, S. M. Chandi. Journal of Neurosurgery 79: 839-844; 1993.
  • CT-guided Stereotactic surgery: An overview of 600 procedures. Alok Ranjan,V. Rajshekhar, S. Prakash, et al. Neurology India 41: 193-197; 1993.
  • Ascorbic acid and focal cerebral ischaemia in a Primate model. Alok Ranjan, D Theodore, R. P. Haran, M. J. Chandy. Acta Neurochirurgica 123/1-2:87-91; 1993.
  • Intrasellar Tuberculoma. Alok Ranjan, M. J. Chandy. British Journal of Neurosurgery 8:179-185; 1994.
  • Stereotactic Craniotomy for lesions in eloquent areas. Alok Ranjan, V. Rajshekhar, Mathew J. Chandy. Journal of Clinical Neurosciences 2(4):303-306; 1995.
  • Outcome in patients with supratentorial malignant gliomas. Result of stereotactic biopsy and radiation therapy. Alok Ranjan, V. Rajshekhar, Mathew J. Chandy. Neurology India 42:191-195, 1994.
  • Present concepts in the management of Neurological patients with hyponatremia and natriuresis. Alok Ranjan, V. Rajshekhar. Neurosciences Today Vol II: 173-176, 1998.
  • Ranjan A, Lath R. Microendoscopic Discectomy for Prolapsed Lumbar Intervertebral disc. Neurology India 2006; 54:190-194.
  • Lath R, Kumar S, Reddy R, Boola GR, Ray A, Prabhakar S, Ranjan A. Decompressive surgery for severe Cerebral Venous Thrombosis Neurol India. 2010 May-Jun; 58(3):392-7.
  • Intraspinal Mesenchymal Chondrosarcoma. Alok Ranjan, Geeta Chacko, Thomas Joseph, Sushil M Chandi. Journal of Neurosurgery 80: 928-930; 1994.
  • Giant Aneurysm of Anterior Ethmoidal Artery presenting with intracranial haemorrhage. Alok Ranjan, Thomas Joseph. Journal of Neurosurgery 81:934-936; 1994.
  • Intracerebellar melanotic schwannoma. Alok Ranjan, Geeta Chacko,Sushil M. Chandi. British Joumal of Neurosurgery 9:687-689; 1995.
  • Symptomatic subdural hygroma as a complication of foramen magnum decompression for hindbrain hemiation. Alok Ranjan, I.P. Cast. British Jomal of Neurosurgery 10:241-243; 1996
  • Postmenopausal osteoporosis: Our experience. Mehrotra RN, Ranjan A, Lath R, Ratnam R. Indian J Endocrinol Metab. 2012 Dec; 16(Suppl 2):S421-2.
  • The significance of redundant nerve roots of cauda equina. Reddy SR, Ratnam BG, Lath R, Ranjan A. Neurol India. 2013 Sep-Oct;61(5):562.
  • Arteriovenous fistula of the filum terminale misdiagnosed and previously operated as lower lumbar degenerative disease Sharma P, Ranjan A, Lath R. Asian Spine J. 2014 Jun;8(3):365-70
  • Multifocal CNS vasculopathy due to reactivation of latent varicella – a potentially reversible complication following radiofrequency ablation for trigeminal neuralgia. Reddy SR, Ranjan A, Lath R. Neurol India. 2014 May-Jun; 62(3):327-9
  • Chronic Lymphocytic Inflammation with Pontine Perivascular Enhancement Responsive to Steroids (CLIPPERS) - a case report. Reddy SM, Lath R, Swain M, Ranjan A. (Accepted for publication in The Annals of the Indian Academy of Neurology)
  • Antero-lateral approach for thoraco-lumbar decompression and instrumentation. Lath R, Ranjan A. (Abstract) Neurology India 2004.
  • Solitary fibrous tumour of the meninges. Letter to Editor Lath R, Ranjan A, Swarnalata G.Neurology India 53:248-249, 2005.
  • Desmoplastic Fibroma of the Frontal Bone. Lath R, Ranjan A Ratnam BG, Swarnalata G. Neurology India 2006; 54:314-315.
  • Diagnosis and treatment of multiple Hydatid cysts at the Craniovertebral junction. Lath R, Ratnam BG, Ranjan A. Journal of Neurosurgery Spine Feb. 2007; 6:174-177.
  • Olfactory Ensheathing Cell Tumor : Case Report. Ippili K, Ratnam BG, Gowrishankar S,Ranjan A, Lath R. Neurology India 2009; 57:76-78.
  • Rosette-Forming Glioneuronal Tumors: A Report of 2 Cases Sharma P, Swain M, De Padua M, Ranjan A , Lath R. Neurology India (In Press).
  • Lumbar nerve root hernia: An unusual complication of micro-endoscopic Discectomy Sharma P, Ranjan A, Lath R. Neurol India 2011;59:313-314.
  • Disseminated cranio-spinal intradural mesenchymal chondrosarcoma. Sharma P, Ranjan A, Gowrishankar S, Lath R. Neurol India 2012;60:252-254.
  • Endoscopic management of CSF rhinorrhoea. SR Reddy, BG Ratnam, Rambabu, RanjanA Neurol India (inprint) .
  • Clinical and radiological outcome following surgery in patients with degenerative spondyliolisthesis. Ippili Kaushal, Ranjan Alok (desertation submitted to National Board 2012)
  • Role of F18 bone scan in evaluation of backache, particularly in subclinical facet arthritis. Sharma P, Ranjan A. (desertation submitted to National Board 2014)
  • Lath R, Rajshekhar V : Unilateral foot drop. Post Graduate Medical Journal 72:572-573, 1996.
  • Lath R, Rajshekhar V, George V : Brain abscess as the presenting feature of Melioidosis. British Journal of Neurosurgery 12:170-172, 1998.
  • Lath R, Rajshekhar V, Chacko G : Sacral Haemangioma as a cause of coccydynia. Neuroradiology 40:524-526, 1998.
  • Lath R, Rajshekhar V : Solitary cysticercus granuloma of brainstem; report of four cases. Journal of Neurosurgery 89:1047-1051, 1998.
  • Lath R, Rajshekhar V : Transoral transpharyngeal approach to extradural cervico-medullary compression in children. A review of 17 cases. Neurology India (Suppl.1) 47:37, 1999. (Abstract)
  • Lath R, Chacko G, Chandy MJ : Determination of Ki-67 labeling index in pituitary adenomas using the MIB-1 monoclonal antibody. Neurology India 49:144-147, 2001.
  • Lath R, Rajshekhar V : Massive cerebral infarction as a feature of pituitary apoplexy. Neurology India 49:191-193, 2001.
  • Lath R, Vaniprasad A, Kat E, Brophy BP : Traumatic aneurysm of the callosomarginal artery. Case report. Journal of Clinical Neuroscience 9(4):466-468, 2002.
  • Lath R, Unosson D, Stahl J, Blumbergs PC, Brophy BP : Rhabdoid Glioblastoma :case report. Journal of Clinical Neuroscience 10(3):325-8;2003
  • Psaltis A, Lath R, McDonald M. Acute interhemispheric subdural haematoma. Journal of Clinical Neuroscience 11(5) : 546-548, 2004.
  • Lath R, Ranjan A. Antero-lateral approach for thoraco-lumbar decompression and instrumentation. (Abstract) Neurology India 2004.
  • Lath R, Ranjan A, Swarnalata G. Solitary fibrous tumour of the meninges. Letter to Editor. Neurology India 53:248-249, 2005
  • Lath R. Hyponatremia in Neurological Diseases in the ICU. Review Article. Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine 9;47-51: 2005.
  • Ranjan A, Lath R. Microendoscopic Discectomy for Prolapsed Lumbar Intervertebral disc. Neurology India 2006;54:190-194.
  • Lath R, Ranjan A Ratnam BG, Swarnalata G. Desmoplastic Fibroma of the Frontal Bone. Neurology India 2006;54:314-315.
  • Lath R, Ratnam BG, Ranjan A. Diagnosis and treatment of multiple Hydatid cysts at the Craniovertebral junction. Journal of Neurosurgery (Spine) 2007;6:174-177.
  • Padua MD, Prabhakar S, Lath R. Demyelinating Disease of the brain simulating a space occupying lesion. Indain Journal of Pathology and Microbiology 2008;51:569. Letter.
  • Ippili K, Ratnam BG, Gowrishankar S,Ranjan A, Lath R. Olfactory Ensheathing Cell Tumor : Case Report. Neurology India 2009;57:76-78.
  • Lath R, Kumar S, Reddy R, Boola GR, Ray A, Prabhakar S, Ranjan A.Decompressive surgery for severe Cerebral Venous Thrombosis Neurol India. 2010 May-Jun;58(3):392-7.
  • Sharma P, Swain M, De Padua M, Ranjan A , Lath R. Rosette-Forming Glioneuronal Tumors: A Report of 2 Cases. Neurology India 2011;59:276-80
  • Sharma P, Ranjan A, Lath R. Lumbar nerve root hernia: An unusual complication of micro-endoscopic discectomy. Neurol India. 2011;59:313-4
  • Sharma P, Gowrishankar S, Ranjan A, Lath R. Disseminated cranio-spinal mesenchymal chondrosarcoma. Case report. Neurol India. 2012 Mar-Apr;60(2):252-4.
  • Mehrotra RN, Ranjan A, Lath R, Ratnam R. Postmenopausal osteoporosis: Our experience.Indian J Endocrinol Metab. 2012 Dec;16(Suppl 2):S421-2.
  • Reddy SR, Ratnam BG, Lath R, Ranjan A. The significance of redundant nerve roots of cauda equina. Neurol India. 2013 Sep-Oct;61(5):562.
  • Sharma P, Ranjan A, Lath R. Arteriovenous fistula of the filum terminale misdiagnosed and previously operated as lower lumbar degenerative disease. Asian Spine J. 2014 Jun;8(3):365-70
  • Reddy SR, Ranjan A, Lath R. Multifocal CNS vasculopathy due to reactivation of latent varicella – a potentially reversible complication following radiofrequency ablation for trigeminal neuralgia. Neurol India. 2014 May-Jun;62(3):327-9
  • Reddy SM, Lath R, Swain M, Ranjan A. Chronic Lymphocytic Inflammation with Pontine Perivascular Enhancement Responsive to Steroids (CLIPPERS) - a case report. Ann Indian Acad Neurol 2015;18:345-7.
  • 28 Reddy SR. Lath R, dePadua M, Ranjan A. Meningioma with intra and peritumoural abscess. Case Report. Indian Journal of Neurosurgery. Indian J Neurosurg 2017.
  • Ranjan A, Lath R, Sidhu HS. The advent and growth of Medical tourism in India with reference to Neurosurgery. CNS Quarterly Spring 2017 Issue: 21-23.
  • Kumar K, Lath R, Ranjan A. Surgical Outcome of Decompressive Craniectomy in a Neurosurgical Centre. Int Journal Of Scientific Research 2017:6:314-317.
  • Manda SV, Kataria Y, Tatireddy BR ,Ramakrishnan B , Ratnam BG, Lath R, Ranjan A, Ray A. Exosomes as a biomarker platform for detecting Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFRvIII) positive high-grade gliomas. Journal of Neurosurgery. 128:1091-1101, April 2018.
  • Reddy SR. Sharma P, Lath R, Swain M, Ranjan A Synchronous Glioma of the Brainstem in a patient with Recurrent Aggressive Vestibular Schwannoma. Neurol India. 2019 Jul-Aug ;67(4):1153-1155.
  • Ranjan A, Lath R, Deshpande RV, Singh M, Sura S, Jhala A. Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery Part 1 - Lumbar Degenerative Disorders. Current Practices in Neuroscience. July/August 2020
  • Ranjan A, Lath R, Srikantha U. Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery Part 2 – Tumours, Trauma, Infection . Current Practices in Neuroscience. September/October 2020.
  • Ray A, Swain M, Lath R. Gliomas – The history of diagnosis and Classification – Part 1. Int J of Neurooncology 2020;3:63-67.
  • Ray A, Swain M, Lath R. Gliomas – The history of diagnosis and Classification – Part 2. Int J of Neurooncology 2020;3:68-74.
  • Patnam S, Samal R, Koyyada R, Joshi P, Singh AD, Nagalla B, Soma MR, Sannareddy RR, Ippili K, Raju S, Boola RG, Lath R, Ranjan A, Ghosh S, Balamurugan M, Ray A, Manda SV. Exosomal PTEN as a Predictive Marker of Aggressive Gliomas. Neurol India 2022;70:215-22
  • DePadua M, Kulothungan P, Lath R, Prasad R, Madamchetty K, Atmakuri S, Ragamouni S, Gandhari M, Khandrika L and Jain J (2022) Establishment and Characterization of Brain Cancer Primary Cell Cultures From Patients to Enable Phenotypic Screening for New Drugs. Front. Pharmacol. 13:778193. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2022.778193
  • Vora TK, Lath R, Swain M, Ray A. Primary intracranial synovial sarcoma. A case report and review of literature. Surg Neurol Int 2022:13:447
  • Amit Ray, Rahul Lath, Madhan Reddy, Kaushal Ippili, Boola Ratnam, Tarang Vohra, Arjun Reddy, Brahma Prasad, Alok Ranjan, Rajesh Reddy, Manas Panigrahi, Venkateshwara Rao, Anandh Balasubramanium, Inderjeet Kaur, BIOM-28. AN EXOSOME BASED LIQUID BIOPSY DIAGNOSTIC FOR GLIOMA, Neuro-Oncology, Volume 24, Issue Supplement_7, November 2022, Page vii10, https://doi.org/10.1093/neuonc/noac209.038
  • Pandya PN, Raju S, Swain M, Lath R. Mullerain Choristoma as a cause of tethered cord syndrome. J Pediatr Neurosci (In Press)
  • A Jehovah’s Witness Patient with Polytrauma: Deontology, Law, and Faith Yagna Munesh Gali1 K.SubbaReddy2 M.I. Alam2 B.G. Ratnam3 Indian Journal of Neurotrauma 31/1/2024 DOI https://doi.org/ 10.1055/s-0043-1777677. ISSN 0973-0508.
  • Exosomes as a biomarker platform for detecting epidermal growth factor receptor-positive high-grade gliomas. Manda SV, Kataria Y, Tatireddy BR, Ramakrishnan B, Ratnam BG, Lath R, Ranjan A, Ray A. J Neurosurg. 2017 Jun 2:1-11. doi: 10.3171/2016.11.JNS161187
  • Endoscopic management of CSF rhinorrhea. Rajesh Reddy Sannareddy1, K Rambabu2, Vinay EC Kumar2, Ratnam Boola Gnana1, Alok Ranjan1. Neurol india ORIGINAL ARTICLE 2014 Volume : 62 Issue : 5 Page : 532-539
  • The significance of redundant nerve roots of cauda equine. S Rajesh Reddy, BG Ratnam, Rahul Lath, Alok Ranjan Neurol India 2013 [cited 2013 Dec 17];61:562.
  • Postmenopausal osteoporosis: Our experience. Mehrotra RN, Ranjan A, Lath R, Ratnam R. Indian J Endocrinol Metab. 2012 Dec;16(Suppl 2):S421-2. doi: 10.4103/2230-8210.104115.
  • Decompressive surgery for severe cerebral venous sinus thrombosis.
  • Lath R, Kumar S, Reddy R, Boola GR, Ray A, Prabhakar S, Ranjan A. Neurol India. 2010 May-Jun;58(3):392-7. doi: 10.4103/0028-3886.65923.
  • Olfactory ensheathing cell tumor. Ippili K, Ratnam BG, Gowrishankar S, Ranjan A, Lath R. Neurol India. 2009 Jan-Feb;57(1):76-8.
  • Diagnosis and treatment of multiple hydatid cysts at the craniovertebral junction. Case report. Lath R, Ratnam BG, Ranjan A. J Neurosurg Spine. 2007 Feb;6(2):174-7.
  • Desmoplastic fibroma of the frontal bone.Lath R, Ranjan A, Ratnam BG, Gowrishankar S. Neurol India. 2006 Sep;54(3):314-5.]
  • Fleming JB, Vora TK, Harrigan MR. Rare case of bilateral vertebral artery stenosis caused by C4-5 spondylotic changes manifesting with bilateral bow hunter's syndrome. World Neurosurg. 2013 May-Jun;79(5-6):799.E1-5.
  • Vora. T K,; Ravi, R R2. Split cord malformation type 2 complicated by presence of tuberculous arachnoiditis. Journal of Spinal Surgery 2(2):p 55-57, Apr–Jun 2015. | DOI: 10.5005/jp-journals-10039-1057
  • Vora TK, Ravi RR. Traumatic Chiasmal Syndrome: A Midline Axonal Injury. Neuroophthalmology. 2015 Aug 25;39(5):253-256.
  • Vora TK, Karunakaran S, Joshua SP. Cry of the brain. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2015 Oct;157(10):1705-6.
  • Vora TK, Karunakaran S. Thyrotropic pituitary adenoma with plurihormonal immunoreactivity. Neurol India. 2017 Sep-Oct;65(5):1162-1164.
  • Vora TK, Karunakaran S, Kumar A, Chiluka A, Srinivasan H, Parmar K, Vasu ST, Srinivasan R, Chandan HA, Vishnu PS, Raheja L. Intracranial pressure monitoring in diffuse brain injury-why the developing world needs it more? Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2018 Jun;160(6):1291-1299.
  • Pruthi N, Vora TK, Shukla DP. Craniovertebral Junction Arachnoiditis: An Unusual Sequelae to Tuberculous Meningitis. J Neurosci Rural Pract. 2019 Oct;10(4):711-714.
  • Vora TK, Girishan S, Moorthy RK, Rajshekhar V. Early- and long-term surgical outcomes in 109 children with lipomyelomeningocele. Childs Nerv Syst. 2021 May;37(5):1623-1632.
  • Sarkar S, Vora TK, Rajshekhar V. Risk factors for pre-operative functional deterioration in children with lipomyelomeningocele. Childs Nerv Syst. 2022 Mar;38(3):587-595.
  • Abraham AP, Vora TK, Selvi BT, Rajshekhar V. Characterizing syringomyelia and its clinical significance in 140 patients with lipomyelomeningocele. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2022 Jul 22;30(3):349-356.
  • Vora TK, Lath R, Swain M, Ray A. Primary intracranial synovial sarcoma: A case report and review of literature. Surg Neurol Int. 2022 Sep 30;13:447.
  • Ray A, Vora TK. Liquid biopsy-from bench to bedside. Neurooncol Adv. 2022 Nov 11;4(Suppl 2):ii66-ii72.
  • Vora, TK.; Lath, Rahul; Swain, Meenakshi1; Ray, Amitava. Hemorrhagic Rathkes Cleft Cyst Apoplexy Post COVID-19 Vaccination. Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism 27(6):p 567-569, Nov–Dec 2023.
  • Suman P,..Vora TK. Management of Spontaneous Spinal CSF Leaks Using Noninvasive Dynamic MR Neurography: A Case Series. Indian Journal of Neurosurgery. 2024, 01: 1-92.