Dr. Abhaya Kumar
Consultant Neurosurgeon and Spine Surgeon
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Dr. Abhaya Kumar
Name
Dr. Abhaya Kumar
Designation
Consultant Neurosurgeon and Spine Surgeon
Qualifications
MS (General Surgery), DNB (General Surgery), FRCS (Genearal Surgery), FRCS (Neurosurgery)
Fellowships
Minimal Invasive Spine surgery and Stereotactic Radiosurgery in United Kingdom
Speciality Interests
Brain Tumour Surgery, Minimal Invasive Spine Surgery, Trigeminal Neuralgia Surgery, Stereotactic Radiosurgery
Experience
Dr Abhaya Kumar has operated on over 1000 cases in the last 4 years of which over 525 surgeries were on the Spine and around 475 were on the Brain
His forte is Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery, of which more than 275 cases have been done over 4 years with a success rate of 97%. Conversion to open surgery was needed in 2% of cases. Procedures done include:
Minimally Invasive Lumbar Microdiscectomy & Lumbar Micro Decompression.
Endoscopic Lumbar Microdiscectomy
Minimally Invasive Lumbar TLIF
Cervical Microforaminotomy
Vertebroplasty / Kyphoplasty
Kokilaben Hospital is one of two centres in Mumbai offering full fledged Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery services.
He has operated on around 175 cases of Brain Tumours and over 60 cases of Spinal Cord Tumours, regularly using Intraoperative MRI (IMRIS),Neuronavigation, Stereotaxy and Neuroendoscopy His success rate for brain tumours is 90% with residual tumour in only 10% of patients. This is comparable with international benchmarks. The overall complication rate is 3%-5% (Benchmark 5%-8%)
Surgical Treatment has been offered to 43 patients with refractory (not responding to medications) Trigeminal Neuralgia with a success rate of 98%. The three main surgical treatments for Trigeminal Neuralgia, which are offered at Kokilaben Hospital are
Microvascular Decompression of the Trigeminal Nerve
Radiofrequency Ablation of the Trigeminal Nerve
Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Trigeminal Neuralgia.
We are the only centre in Mumbai, which is able to provide the entire range of treatments for Trigeminal Neuralgia patients.
As part of the Stroke Team, he has provided surgical treatment for more than 160 Ischemic and Hemorrhagic Stroke patients.
Achievement
ACADEMICS/RESEARCH/AWARDS
Gold medallist in MS (General Surgery) exam
Trained in Neurosurgery at Institute of Neurosciences,Glasgow, United Kingdom
