Dr. Nitish Ranjan

Past Experience

Jul21- Jun22 - Post MCh Senior Resident Neurosurgeon, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru

Aug22-Oct22 - Associate Consultant Neurosurgeon, Medanta Hospital, Lucknow 

Nov22-Aug23 - Consultant Neurosurgeon, Private Practice

Sept23 - Sept24 - Post Doctoral Fellow Pediatric Neurosurgery,   Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow

Oct24 - Jul25 - Consultant Neurosurgeon, Charak Hospital, Lucknow

Sept25 - Jan26 - Clinical Fellow in Epilepsy Neurosurgery , Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA

Areas of Expertise

1) Proficient in handling traumatic brain and spinal injuries both surgical and medical aspects

2) Proficient in operating complex brain tumors

- Intra- axial tumors like gliomas, metastasis, hemangioblastoma, cavernoma etc.

- Extra-axial brain tumors like meningioma, vestibular schwannoma

3)Proficient in vascular surgeries like aneurysm clipping, AVM surgeries, hematoma evacuation, STA-MCA bypass

4) Proficient in spinal fixation (CVJ, cervical, dorsal and lumbar fixation) both open and MIS technique.

5)Proficient in spinal tumors i.e. extradural, intradural extramedullary and intramedullary tumors.

6) Proficient in endoscopic or endoscope assisted surgeries like endoscopic pituitary, endoscopic third ventriculostomy

Awards & Publications

1. Manuscript ID: IJNT-2024-1-3

Sports related cervical spine injury : A series of two cases with Literature review Type: Review Article

2. Manuscript ID: IJNT-2023-11-5

Supra and Infratentorial Extradural Hematoma: A Series of Three Cases with Literature Review. Type: Review Article

3. Manuscript Number: 2024/AJORR/112319 Title: “Giant Primary Spinal bony extra-axial tumors: case series and literature review”

4. JNRP_240_2024 Thoracic Hypertrophied Ligamentum flavum: A retrospective study of pre-operative factors and surgical outcome

5. 433b43ec-6185-4c9a-a7dd-1a9856b57fd1- Bridging the spinal dysraphism spectrum between terminal myelocystocele and spinal cord lipoma: A report of two cases of True terminal lipomyelocystocele with holo-cord syrinx.

6. Use of split calvarial graft for treatment of frontal depressed fracture – a novel technique 

7. Contralateral expansion of hemorrhagic contusion in patients undergoing decompressive craniectomy: a Series of two patients

8. Acoustic apoplexy- a dive into rare manifestation of acoustic neuromas: illustrative case and literature review

9. Combined Dolenc and Kawase Approach to multicompartment epidermoid – Video article 

10. ranscervical approach to Left Shamblin Type II Carotid Body Tumor – Video Article 

11. Endoscopic Transnasal Transsphenoidal Transtubercular Approach to Preinfundibular Cystic Craniopharyngioma- video article

12. Apple Vision Pro as a Planning Tool and Intra-operative Guidance for Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery – First Steps into Integration of Augmented Reality with Endoscopic 

Skull Base Surgery.

13. Combined transcavernous and anterior transpetrous approach: technical aspects and

lessons learned from 14 cases with emphasis on a “tag team” approach and a novel CSF

release technique

14.  A retrospective analysis of 59 case of Lipomyelomeningocele

15. Syndrome of trephined – case report and literature review 

16. Video article on technique of C1 C2 fixation with tailored mobilization of anomalous PICA vessel

17  A retrospective study of accuracy and diagnostic yield of frameless stereotactic biopsy

Cases Managed

A) Cranial Number 

1- Neurovascular - 315

2- Neurooncology - 580

3- Epilepsy and functional - 30

4- Neuroinfection - 60

5- Cranioplasty and Reconstructive surgery - 70

6- Ventriculoperitoneal shunt and CSF diversion - 120

7- Trauma - 770

8- Neuroendoscopy - 90

B) Spinal

1- Spinal Tumors - 130

2- Cervical and lumbar PIVD -170

3- Open Lumbar and Dorsal spinal fixation -100

4- Minimally invasive spinal fixation - 50

5- Anterior subaxial cervical fixation - 80

6- Posterior subaxial cervical fixation - 34

7- Complex CVJ fixation - 43

C) Peripheral Nerves - 40

D) Short Neurosurgical Procedures

 1- External Ventricular Drainage -71

 2- Tracheostomy - 60

 3- Twist Drill Craniostomy - 61

 4- Lumbar Puncture - 44