Publications 2013 - 2014

1. Kanna RM, Shetty AP, Rajasekaran S. Posterior fixation including the fractured  vertebra for severe unstable thoracolumbar fractures,  

dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.spinee.2014.09.004 Publication stage: In Press Corrected Proof.  

2. Rajasekaran S1, Kanna RM, Senthil N, Raveendran M, Ranjani V, Cheung KM, Chan D,  Kao PY, Yee A, Shetty AP. Genetic susceptibility of lumbar degenerative disc disease  in young Indian adults. Eur Spine J. 2014 Nov 22. [Epub ahead of print].  

3. S Rajasekaran, Kanna RM, Ajoy Prasad Shetty. Management of thoracolumbar spine  trauma - An overview. Indian Journal of Orthopaedics, January 2015, Vol. 49, Issue 1,  72-76.  

4. Rajasekaran S, Kanna RM, Shetty AP. Pathophysiology and Treatment of Spinal  Tuberculosis. JBJS REVIEWS 2014;2(9):e4 http://dx.doi.org/10.2106/JBJS. 

5. Kanna RM, Shetty AP, Rajasekaran S. Patterns of lumbar disc degeneration are  different in degenerative disc disease and disc prolapse magnetic resonance imaging  analysis of 224 patients. Spine J. 2013 Nov 12. S1529-9430(13)01647-1. 

6. Kanna RM, Lakshmanan P. Reviewer's comment concerning "Magnetic resonance  imaging changes of intervertebral discs after kyphoplasty" (doi:10.1007/s00586-014- 3244-8 by M. A. König, S. Panzer and B. M. Boszczyk). Eur Spine J. 2014 May 14.  [Epub ahead of print] 

7. Kanna RM. Reviewer's comment concerning “Dose–response and structural injury in  the disability of spinal injury” Eur Spine J. 2013 Mar;22(3):521-2. 

8. Rajasekaran S, Yerramshetty JS, Chittode VS, Kanna RM, Balamurali G, Shetty AP.  The Assessment of Neuronal Status in Normal and Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy  Using Diffusion Tensor Imaging. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2014 May 13. [Epub ahead of  print] 

9. Rajasekaran S, Thomas A, Kanna RM, Ajoy Prasad Shetty. Lumbar spinous process  splitting decompression provides equivalent outcomes to conventional midline  decompression in degenerative lumbar canal stenosis. A Prospective, Randomised  Controlled Study of 51 Patients. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2013 Sep 15;38(20):1737-43. 

10 Rajasekaran S, Bajaj N, Tubaki V, Kanna RM, Shetty AP. ISSLS Prize Winner: The  Anatomy of Failure in Lumbar Disc Herniation: An In Vivo, Multimodal, Prospective  Study of 181 Subjects. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2013 Aug 1;38(17):1491-500. 


11. Rajasekaran S, Kanna RM, Senthil N, Raveendran M, Cheung KM, Chan D,  Subramaniam S, Shetty AP. Phenotype variations affect genetic association studies  of degenerative disc disease: conclusions of analysis of genetic association of 58  single nucleotide polymorphisms with highly specic phenotypes for disc  degeneration in 332 subjects. Spine J. 2013 Jun 20. [Epub ahead of print] 

12. Rajasekaran S, Kanna RM, Shetty AP. Evolution of surgical management of spinal  tuberculosis. Spineline 2013 Jan-Feb:11-18. 

13. S Rajasekaran , S Raja Sabapathy, J Dheenadhayalan, S R Sundararajan,  Venkatramani H, Devendra A, Ramesh P, K P Srikanth . Ganga Hospital Open Injury  Score in Management of Open Injuries. Accepted for Publication in the European  Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery 2014. 

14. K Venkatadass, Balachandar Gopalan, S Rajasekaran , "Is prone position ideal for  manipulation & pinning of displaced pediatric extension type supracondylar  fractures of humerus? A randomized control trial". Accepted for Publication in  Journal of Pediatric Orthopedics 2014.  

15. Raja Sabapathy S, Venkatramani Hari, Dheenadhayalan J, Devendra A, Rajasekaran  S, Reconstruction of Post-traumatic Long Segment Bone Defecs of the Lower end of  Femur by Free Vascularised Fibula combined with Allograft (Modied Capanna's  Technique) Accepted for Publication in European Journal of Trauma and  Emergency Surgery 

16. Ajoy Prasad Shetty, S.Rajasekaran, Posterior Single Stage Hemivertebra Excision  with Transpedicular Instrumentation. Journal of Spine Research, Volume 5, No.3,  2014 

17. Mandeep S Dhillon, Rajasekaran S, Parag Sancheti. Status of Road Safety and  Injury Burden: India . J Orthop Trauma Vol 28, Number 6 , June 2014, S43-44 

18. D, Davidson Jebaseelan, C. Jebaraj, N. Yoganandan, S Rajasekaran, J. Yerramshetty.  Biomechanical responses due to discitis infection of a juvenile thoracolumbar spine  using finite element modelling. Medical Engineering & Physics 36(2014) 938-943. 

19. Veera Ranjani R, Sreemol G, Raveendran M, Senthil N Ganeshan, R Rishi M K,  Rajasekaran S. Intervertebral Disc Proteome Database in Human (TNAUPDB –  Human Proteome), Current Trends in Biotechnology and Pharmacy. Vol 8 (4) 423-427  October 2014, ISSN 0973-8916(Print), 2230-7303 (Online)  

20. Alexander R. Vaccaro, Cumhur Oner, Christopher K. Kepler, Dvorak, Klaus  Schnake , Carlo Bellabarba, Max Reinhold, Bizhan Aarabi, Frank Kandziora, Jens  Chapman, Rajasekaran Shanmuganathan, Michael Fehlings, Luiz Vialle, AOSpine  Thoracolumbar Spine Injury Classication System Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2013 Sep  15;38(20):1737-43. 

21. Sundararajan SR, Srikanth KP, S Rajasekaran: Neglected patellar tendon ruptures  – a simple modied reconstruction using hamstrings tendon graft. Int Orthop.  2013 Nov; 37(11):2159-64 

22. Tubaki VR, Rajasekaran S, Shetty AP. Effects of using intravenous antibiotic only  versus local intrawound vancomycin antibiotic powder application in addition to  intravenous antibiotics on postoperative infection in spine surgery in 907 patients.  Spine J 2013 Dec 1;38(25):2149-55. 

23. Rajasekaran S. Grand Rounds case "A large tuberculosis abscess causing spinal  cord compression of the cervico-thoracic region in a young child" Eur Spine J.  2013 Jul;22(7):1464-6. 

24. Rajasekaran S. Natural history of Pott's kyphosis. Eur Spine J.  2013 Jun;22 Suppl 4:634-40. 

25. Rajasekaran S, Khandelwal G. Drug therapy in spinal tuberculosis. Eur Spine J.  2013 Jun;22 Suppl 4:587-93. 

26. Felländer-Tsai L, Chan KM, Holen K, Walter W, Sculco TP, Rajasekaran S, Darwish  MH, Kornah BA, Rolf CG, Puhl W, Yuan H, Hedin H. Future orthopedic training, a  global watch. Acta Orthop. 2013 Aug;84(4):329-30. 

27. Srikanth KP, Sundararajan SR, Rajasekaran V.Case Report: Late recovery in  cerebral fat embolism. IJO, January 2014, Vol.48, Issue 1, pg 100-103. 

28. Dhanasekara Raja. Total hip replacement in active tuberculosis”-Tamil Nadu  Orthopaedic Association Journal, Vol 43 

29. Sundararajan. S. Role of tranexamic acid in reducing the blood loss in TKR”-Tamil Nadu Orthopaedic Association Journal, Vol 43.


Chapter Publications 


1. S Rajasekaran, Rishi Mugesh Kanna, Ajoy Prasad Shetty. Thoracolumbar  Sacral Fractures. Texbook on Musculoskeletal Trauma in the Elderly. 

2. S Rajasekaran, Rishi Mugesh Kanna, Ajoy Prasad Shetty. Pediatric Spinal  infections. The Growing Spine – 2nd Edition. Accepted for Publication 2014.

3. S Rajasekaran, Devendra, Ramesh P, Dheenadhayalan J, Sundararajan S R,  Initial Management of Open Fractures, Textbook on Fracture in Adults,  Rockwood & Green's Fractures in Adults. Eight Edition. Vol.2, 2014 Published  by Wolters Kluwever, Page No.353 to 396.

4. S Rajasekaran, S Raja Sabapathy, Devendra, Ramesh P, Dheenadhayalan J,  Sundararajan S R, Chapter 29, Mangled Extremities. Textbook on Disaster  Orthopaedics: Orthopedic Injuries in Natural Disaster and Mass Casualties  Events.

5. Ajoy Prasad Shetty, Vishnu Prasad, Rishi M Kanna, S Rajasekaran, Cervical  Corpectomy Tips and Tricks, Modern Techniques in Spine Surgery, Jaypee  Publications 2014

6. S Rajasekaran, Rishi M Kanna, Ajoy P Shetty. Vascular Anatomy of the  Endplates and Nutrient Supply of the Disc, Textbook on Basic Sciences of  Spinal Diseases edited by Dr Alok D Sharan, Dr Simon Y Tang, Dr Alexander R  Vaccaro 2013

7. S Rajasekaran, Rishi M Kanna, Ajoy P Shetty Cervical Spine Fractures and  Dislocations. Vol 1: Upper Extremity and Spine. Contemporary Surgical  Management of Fractures & Complications edited by Dr Asif Ilyas, Dr Saqib  Rehman, 2013

8. S Rajasekaran, Rishi M Kanna, Ajoy P Shetty Thoracic and Lumbar Spine  Fractures and Dislocations. Vol 1: Upper Extremity and Spine. Contemporary  Surgical Management of Fractures & Complications edited by Dr Asif Ilyas,  Saqib Rehman, 2013

9. S Rajasekaran, Rishi Mugesh Kanna, Ajoy Prasad Shetty. THE CERVICAL SPINE – Turek's Textbook of Orthopaedics, Under print.

10. S Rajasekaran, Rishi Mugesh Kanna, Ajoy Prasad Shetty. EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE. AO Spine textbook on Research, Under print.