Publications by authors named "Karla Ravi"

Aim: To assess and compare the clinical, radiological, and functional outcomes of anterolateral and posterolateral decompression and spinal stabilization in the thoracolumbar tuberculous spine.

Material And Methods: 30 patients with thoracolumbar spinal tuberculosis were treated surgically between September 2014 and 2018. Fifteen patients underwent anterolateral decompression and spinal stabilization from September 2014 to September 2016.

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An epidural hematoma is a life-threatening condition which necessitates early surgical intervention. Conservative management is undertaken in smaller hematomas; rarely, a massive hematoma may show spontaneous resolution which can be picked up only by a repeat computed tomography before surgery. Here, we report one such case where we noted a surprisingly rapid resolution of an epidural hematoma, which was relatively a large clot and where the last minute call to have a repeated computed tomography scan changed the line of management altogether from a surgical one to conservative.

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Background: Traumatic Intraventricular hemorrhage is commonly associated with other lesions like intracerebral contusions, subdural hemorrhage and subarachnoid hemorrhage. Isolated post- traumatic intraventricular hemorrhage is uncommon. It is mostly seen in the pediatric population and rarely seen in adults.

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We report a rare condition in a child where the skull fracture was associated with prolapse of orbital contents into anterior cranial fossa. CT scan findings are very much pathognomonic. This patient was operated, orbital contents have been relocated and orbital roof was reconstructed, but vision could not be restored.

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