Papers Presented

Does failure to visualize the ureter distal to a ureteric calculus constitute an impediment to successful lithotripsy? USICON 2002

• Open donor nephrectomy. Is it still relevant? ASUCON 2002
• Ureteric strictures in Malignancy. TAPASUCON 2002 YERCAU
• MAINZ II. Is it a good alternative? USICON 2003
• Analysis of non-malignant ureteric strictures. ASUCON 2003 (Also presented in USICON 2004 in zonal best paper section)
• Cost comparison between open stone surgery and PCNL in the management of large staghorn calculi. USICON 2004 (Also presented at WCE 2004, Mumbai)
• Learning curve lessons of laparoscopic nephrectomy. EZ-USICON 2005 (Also presented in USICON 2006 in zonal best paper session).
• Invited speaker for Jamshedpur Surgical Society Annual Conference 2008 – Effect of tamsulosin on the human ureter
• An epidemic of prostatic abscess. EZUSICON 2009
• Primary hyperparathyroidism in patients presenting with urolithiasis. KUA 2010
• End to End brachial artery anastomosis in a pseudoaneurysm rupture of brachiocephalic fistula. USICON 2010
• Role of dissolution therapy in radiolucent Calculi. SZUSICON 2011
• Factors affecting radiation exposure during extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy. USICON 2011
• Dissolution Therapy In Radiolucent Calculi. USICON 2012
• Use of volume rendered CT based images to confirm if the medial calyx is synonymous with the posterior calyx and to predict organ transgression in PCNL punctures, USICON – Pune, 19th Jan 2013
• Intravesical BCG in bladder cancer – What is the evidence? as Invited faculty in “The Urology Masterclass -2013”, Department of Urology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, held on June 7th – 8th, 2013
• Use of vegetable model as a training tool for the PCNL punctures – Ideas and Innovations. SZ-USICON-2013, held at Mysore on July 12 – 14th, 2013
• An invitation to participate in a validation study for the bottle gourd model for PCNL. Bangalore Urology Society Meeting, held at Bangalore on 27th Dec 2013.
• For Brij Kishore Patna Prize paper: Comparative Study of Supracostal 11th, Supracostal 12th and Infracostal Access for PCNL. 47th Annual Conference of the USI 29th January – 2nd February 2014, New Delhi
• ‘Laser treatment for urinary stones’ as faculty at the CME program on Nephrology and Urology, held at TCR-NU Kidney Hospitals, Krishnagiri on 9th March 2014
• Spoke in the debate on Open Versus Laparoscopic/Robotic Pyeloplasty; for open pyeloplasty in the 19th annual conference of Karnataka Urology Association held on 13th and 14th September at Bangalore
• Spoke about “Focus on Botox – how does it compare to anticholinergic therapy?” in the Urology Master Class on the management of Detrusor Overactivity with Botulinum Toxin held on 08th October 2014 at Bangalore.
• Presented a paper entitled ‘Validation study of the bottle gourd model for training in the PCNL puncture’ at USICON 2015.
• Presented a paper entitled “Did the introduction of preoperative and intraoperative ultrasound assessment improve AVF results at Association of Southern Urologists conference held at Visakhapatnam on 10 to 12 July 2015.