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Journal of Neurology and Neurorehabilitation Research | Volume 3
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November 26-27, 2018 | Dubai, UAE
Spine and Spine Disorders
Addiction Research and Therapy
3rd International Conference on
International Conference on
Joint Event
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Introduction:
When we are operating on the spine, counting
the level in spine is the one of the most important tasks we are
burdenedwith, without evermaking a skin incision.What dowe
do when the counting in the sagittal plane is different from the
up view or when the radiologist official read differs from what
we see in the or? This often happens in a transitional vertebra.
Methods:
Retrospective cases (3-6) are presented.
Conclusion:
Careful technique such as preoperative evaluation
andrecountingbothintheupandalateralviewtillabsoluteclarity
on the level with all discrepancies resolved. Each case is unique.
Speaker Biography
Malini Narayanan is a Harvard-trained board-certified neurosurgeon who practices
in the Washington D.C. Maryland area. She is the recipient of the following awards:
2018 Top Doctor, 2017 America’s top Surgeon, 2015 Washingtonian top Doc for
Spinal Surgery, 2013 Vitals Patient Recognition, and 2007 America’s Top Surgeon. As a
practicing neurosurgeon since 2007, her interests are cervical & lumbar spine disease,
trauma, and brain tumours of adults. In the USA, she is one of approximately 450
board-certified female neurosurgeons in the country of approximately 6000 board-
certified neurosurgeons. She founded and directs her practice, National Neurosurgery
Solutions. Over the last twenty years, she has published numerous papers, posters
and presentations at National Neurosurgery Conferences. She is an active member
of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, American Association of Neurological
Surgeons and the Society for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery. Her mission statement
is “Patient first through dedication to the practice and advancement of neurosurgery”.
After receiving her undergraduate degree from University of Massachusetts
(Amherst, Mass), she further continued her education through the master’s degree
program at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Ma) in Electrical
Engineering working on a retinal prosthesis for patients with Retinitis Pigmentosa.
Her experience in Bioengineering spurred her interest in medicine, completing her
medical degree at the University of Chicago’s Pritzker School of Medicine (Chicago,
Ill.) in 1998. Her relentless pursuit of excellence and love for neurosurgery led her to
train in neurosurgery at the Harvard Medical School affiliated Brigham & Women’s
and Boston Children’s Hospitals. There, she earned numerous accolades including the
Congress of Neurological Surgeons Resident Research Award, 2003, where only two
women have ever been awarded the accolade in the history of the award in the last 50
years. Returning to the University of Chicago, Dr. Narayanan augmented her surgical
skills through a fellowship in paediatric neurosurgery at Comer’s Children’s Hospital
(Chicago, Ill.), where she also completed her neurosurgical residency as chief resident.
e:
saudesanthe@hotmail.comMalini Narayanan
National Neurosurgery Solutions, USA
Finding the right level – Operating on Spine