Dr. S. Karunakaran

About Doctor DR. S. KARUNAKARAN

• Dr. S. Karunakaran is a well-known Consultant and Spine Orthopedic Surgeon with an experience of 23 years.
• He is prolific in the treatment of spinal disorders of the cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine. 
• His treatment involves the appropriate use of minimally
  invasive and motion-sparing techniques.
• He is the first one to carry out percutaneous endoscopic lumbar discectomy under local anesthesia for disc prolapse in this part of the country (Transforaminal and interlaminar without stiches).
• He is the first surgeon to use INSPACE - interspinous implant for lumbar canal stenosis (key hole spine surgery local anesthesia).
• He also initiated the 3D printed spinal implant and performed more than thousand spine surgeries including scoliosis, cervical spine pathologies, thoracotomies, laparotomy, disc replacement surgeries.