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Kanna

Dr. Rishi Mugesh Kanna - Advisor - Orthopaedics

Dr. Rishi Mugesh Kanna is a Consultant Spine Surgeon at Ganga Hospitals, Coimbatore, India. He has completed his graduation in Madurai Medical College in 2002 and his post graduation as MS (Orthopaedics) in PGIMER, Chandigarh in 2005. He is a Member of Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, FNB Fellow in Spine Surgery from Ganga Hospitals and Clinical Spinal Fellow from Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham.

He is the Advisory Board Member of European Spine Journal (Impact factor: 2.133), Reviewer of Indian Journal of Orthopaedics (Impact factor: 0.737) and Guest Editor of Orthopaedic Principles.com

Awards and Achievements:

  1. Smt Amrita Kumari Gold Medal for proficiency in Anatomy, Madurai Medical college, Madurai, 1997
  2. Gold Medal for proficiency in Ophthalmology, Madurai Medical college, Madurai, 1999
  3. Gold Medal for proficiency in Internal Medicine, Madurai Medical college, Madurai, 2000
  4. Gold Medal for proficiency in Internal Medicine by the Association Of Physicians of India, Madurai, 2000 
  5. University first prize in the state level Ophthalmalogy examination conducted by the Dr MGR medical university
  6. Selected for postgraduate admission in one of India’s premier institute considered to be an island of excellence through a national level competitive examination 
  7. Silver Trophy in the National postgraduate Quiz competition conducted in IOACON- 2005, Mumbai, India. 
  8. ASSI Best Research Award 2009 co author of the research work on Diffusion Tensor Imaging Analysis of calf and human spinal cord.
  9. Dr VT Ingalhalikar Gold medal 2009 for the Best paper award for the presentation on “Neurological complications in Spine surgery” in ASSICON 2009, held at Chennai, India.
  10. Prof A Subramanian Best Research Paper Award 2009 for the presentation on “Diffusion Tensor Imaging Analysis of Normal and Injured Cervical Spinal Cord” in TNOACON 2009, held at Coimbatore, India
  11. ASSI Best Clinical Research Award 2010 awarded for the research work on paediatric cervical pedicle morphometrics. 
  12. IOA Golden Jubilee Award 2010 co-author for the research work on Diffusion Tensor Imaging Analysis of calf and human spinal cord.
  13. ASSI Best Basic Science Research Award 2011 co-author for the research work on Genetic - Basis of Degenerative Disc Disease of Human Lumbar Discs
  14. Best Podium Presentation by the British Association of Spine Surgeons for the work on Pediatric Cervical Pedicle Screw Fixation in 16 children at the BASS meeting held at Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Feb 2011 
  15. Dr RC Rallan – Best basic science research award 2012, Indian orthopaedic association conference, Chennai-Prognostic significance of diffusion anisotropy indices in cervical spinal cord injury
  16. IOA Young Ambassador Award 2013-Selected as the top candidate among young orthopaedic surgeons of India, to attend the Hongkong Orthopaedic Association meeting held in Hongkong, November 2013
  17. IOACON SILVER JUBILEE ORATION 2014-Modic Vertebral Endplate Changes – Prevalence, Patterns and Genetic Association Analysis of 71 genetic polymorphisms

Books and Publications:

  1. ASSOCIATE EDITOR, ASSI Textbook of Spinal Infections and Trauma, Jaypee Publications, India 2011.
  2. EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBER for the book titled “Ganga Video Atlas of Spine Surgery”, Jaypee publications, 1st ed, 2009.
  1. Rajasekaran S, Rishi Mugesh Kanna, Dheenadhayalan J. Open Injuries of Limbs. Mercer’s Textbook of Orthopaedics and Trauma, Tenth Edition, Pg No.247-257 
  2. Rajasekaran S, Rishi Mugesh Kanna, Dheenadhayalan J. Acromioclavicular Joint Injuries. Mercer’s Textbook of Orthopaedics and Trauma, Tenth Edition, Pg No.285-287 
  3. Rajasekaran S, Rishi Mugesh Kanna, Dheenadhayalan J. Clavicular Fractures. Mercer’s Textbook of Orthopaedics and Trauma, Tenth Edition, Pg No.288-290.
  4. Rajasekaran S, Rishi Mugesh Kanna, Dheenadhayalan J. Sternoclavicular Joint Injuries. Mercer’s Textbook of Orthopaedics and Trauma, Tenth Edition, Pg No.291-293.
  5. Rajasekaran S, Rishi Mugesh Kanna, Dheenadhayalan J. Scapular Fractures. Mercer’s Textbook of Orthopaedics and Trauma, Tenth Edition, Pg No.294-296
  6. Rajasekaran S, Rishi Mugesh Kanna, Dheenadhayalan J. Dislocations of the glenohumeral joint. Mercer’s Textbook of Orthopaedics and Trauma, Tenth Edition, Pg No.297-302.
  7. Rajasekaran S, Rishi Mugesh Kanna, Dheenadhayalan J. Fractures of the proximal humerus. Mercer’s Textbook of Orthopaedics and Trauma, Tenth Edition, Pg No.303-306.
  8. Rajasekaran S, Rishi Mugesh Kanna, Dheenadhayalan J. Humeral Shaft Fractures. Mercer’s Textbook of Orthopaedics and Trauma, Tenth Edition, Pg No.307-310.
  9. Rajasekaran S, Rishi Mugesh Kanna, Dheenadhayalan J. Fractures of the distal humerus. Mercer’s Textbook of Orthopaedics and Trauma, Tenth Edition, Pg No.311-315.
  10. Rajasekaran S, Rishi Mugesh Kanna, Dheenadhayalan J. Fractures and dislocations of the elbow. Mercer’s Textbook of Orthopaedics and Trauma, Tenth Edition, Pg No.316-321.
  11. Rajasekaran S, Rishi Mugesh Kanna, Dheenadhayalan J. Fractures of the shaft of the radius and ulna. Mercer’s Textbook of Orthopaedics and Trauma, Tenth Edition, Pg No.322-326..
  12. Rajasekaran S, Rishi Mugesh Kanna, Dheenadhayalan J. Fractures of the distal radius. Mercer’s Textbook of Orthopaedics and Trauma, Tenth Edition, Pg No.327-331..
  13. Rajasekaran S, Rishi Mugesh Kanna, Dheenadhayalan J. Patellar dislocation. Mercer’s Textbook of Orthopaedics and Trauma, Tenth Edition, Pg No.363-364.
  14. Rajasekaran S, Rishi Mugesh Kanna, Dheenadhayalan J. Knee dislocations. Mercer’s Textbook of Orthopaedics and Trauma, Tenth Edition, Pg No.365-367.
  15. Rajasekaran S, Rishi Mugesh Kanna, Dheenadhayalan J. Patellar fractures and extension mechanism injuries. Mercer’s Textbook of Orthopaedics and Trauma, Tenth Edition, Pg No.368-371..
  16. Rajasekaran S, Rishi Mugesh Kanna, Dheenadhayalan J. Injuries of the ankle joint. Mercer’s Textbook of Orthopaedics and Trauma, Tenth Edition, Pg No.386-393.
  17. Rajasekaran S, Rishi Mugesh Kanna, Dheenadhayalan J. Injuries of the tarsometatarsal (Lisfranc) joint. Mercer’s Textbook of Orthopaedics and Trauma, Tenth Edition, Pg No.407-410.
  18. Rajasekaran S, Rishi Mugesh Kanna, Dheenadhayalan J. Fractures of the forefoot. Mercer’s Textbook of Orthopaedics and Trauma, Tenth Edition, Pg No.411-413.
  19. Rajasekaran S, Rishi Mugesh Kanna, Dheenadhayalan J. Metatarsophalangeal joint, phalangeal and interphalangeal joint injuries.. Mercer’s Textbook of Orthopaedics and Trauma, Tenth Edition, Pg No.414-416.
  20. Rajasekaran S, Rishi Mugesh Kanna, Ajoy Prasad Shetty. Spinal Fractures. Mercer’s Textbook of Orthopaedics and Trauma, Tenth Edition, Pg No.439-466.
  21. Rajasekaran S, Rishi Mugesh Kanna, Ajoy Prasad Shetty. Spinal Infections. Mercer’s Textbook of Orthopaedics and Trauma, Tenth Edition, Pg No.982-992
  22. Rishi Mugesh Kanna, S Rajagopalan. Conservative management of spinal fractures. ASSI Textbook of Spinal Infections and Trauma, Jaypee Publications, India 2011
  23. Ajoy Prasad Shetty, Rishi Mugesh Kanna. Surgical treatment of healed tuberculosis. ASSI Textbook of Spinal Infections and Trauma, Jaypee Publications, India 2011
  24. Rishi Mugesh Kanna, AP Shetty, S Rajasekaran. Vascular rib graft harvesting. Atlas of spine surgical techniques, Ed: Eck and Vaccaro. Under print.
  25. S Rajasekaran, Balamurali, Rishi Mugesh Kanna. Lumbar/Sacral techniques: 4.2.2 Posterior approaches: Microsurgical disc surgery in the textbook, AO Spine’s Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery (MISS)—Techniques, Evidence, and Controversies, Ed: R Hartl,
  26. S. Rajasekaran, Rishi Mugesh Kanna, AP Shetty. Cervical spine injuries. In Contemporary Surgical Management of Fractures and Complications, Ed. M Ilyas, S Rehman, Jaypee Publications.
  27. S. Rajasekaran, Rishi Mugesh Kanna, AP Shetty. Thoraco lumbar spine injuries. In Contemporary Surgical Management of Fractures and Complications, Ed. M Ilyas, S Rehman, Jaypee Publications.
  28. S Rajasekaran, Rishi M Kanna, Ajoy P Shetty. Vascular Anatomy of the Endplates and Nutrient Supply of the Disc. In the textbook “Basic Science of Spinal Diseases”, Ed. Dr. Alok Sharan and Alex Vaccaro, Jaypee publishers, New Delhi, India. 
  29. S Rajasekaran, Rishi M Kanna, Ajoy Prasad Shetty. THE CERVICAL SPINE – Turek’s Textbook of Orthopaedics, Under print.
  30. S Rajasekaran, Rishi M Kanna, Ajoy Prasad Shetty. EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE. AO Spine textbook on Research, Under print.
  31. S Rajasekaran, Rishi M Kanna, Ajoy Prasad Shetty. Thoracolumbar Sacral Fractures. Texbook on Musculoskeletal Trauma in the Elderly. 
  32. S Rajasekaran, Rishi M Kanna, Ajoy Prasad Shetty. Pediatric Spinal infections. The Growing Spine – 2nd Edition. Accepted for Publication 2014.
  33. Ajoy Prasad Shetty, Vishnu Prasad, Rishi M Kanna, S Rajasekaran, Cervical Corpectomy Tips and Tricks, Modern Techniques in Spine Surgery, Jaypee Publications 2014

International Publications:

  1. Kanna RM, Shetty AP, Rajasekaran S. Posterior fixation including the fractured vertebra for severe unstable thoracolumbar fractures, dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.spinee.2014.09.004 Publication stage: In Press Corrected Proof. 
  2. Rajasekaran S1, Kanna RM, Senthil N, Raveendran M, Ranjani V, Cheung KM, Chan D, Kao PY, Yee A, Shetty AP. Genetic susceptibility of lumbar degenerative disc disease in young Indian adults. Eur Spine J. 2014 Nov 22. [Epub ahead of print]. 
  3. S Rajasekaran, Kanna RM, Ajoy Prasad Shetty. Management of thoracolumbar spine trauma - An overview. Indian Journal of Orthopaedics, January 2015, Vol. 49, Issue 1, 72-76. 
  4. Rajasekaran S, Kanna RM, Shetty AP. Pathophysiology and Treatment of Spinal Tuberculosis. JBJS REVIEWS 2014;2(9):e4 • http://dx.doi.org/10.2106/JBJS.
  5. Kanna RM, Shetty AP, Rajasekaran S. Patterns of lumbar disc degeneration are different in degenerative disc disease and disc prolapse magnetic resonance imaging analysis of 224 patients. Spine J. 2013 Nov 12. S1529-9430(13)01647-1.
  6. Kanna RM, Lakshmanan P. Reviewer's comment concerning "Magnetic resonance imaging changes of intervertebral discs after kyphoplasty" (doi:10.1007/s00586-014-3244-8 by M. A. König, S. Panzer and B. M. Boszczyk). Eur Spine J. 2014 May 14. [Epub ahead of print]
  7. Kanna RM, Shetty AP, Rajasekaran S. Anatomical Feasibility of Pediatric Cervical Pedicle Screw Insertion By Computerised Tomographic Morphometric Evaluation of 376 Pediatric Cervical Pedicles. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2011 Jul 15;36(16):1297-304.
  8. Kanna RM. Reviewer’s comment concerning “Dose–response and structural injury in the disability of spinal injury” Eur Spine J. 2013 Mar;22(3):521-2.
  9. Kanna RM, Gradil D, Boszczyk BM. Management of cervical myelopathy due to ossification of posterior longitudinal ligament in a patient with Alstro¨m syndrome. Eur Spine J. 2012 Dec;21(12):2418-24.
  10. Kanna RM, Sekar C, Shetty AP, Rajasekaran S. Transient paraplegia due to accidental intrathecal Bupivacaine infiltration in a patient with missed sacral dural ectasia. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2010 Nov 15;35(24):E1444-6.
  11. Rajasekaran S, Yerramshetty JS, Chittode VS, Kanna RM, Balamurali G, Shetty AP. The Assessment of Neuronal Status in Normal and Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy Using Diffusion Tensor Imaging. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2014 May 13. [Epub ahead of print]
  12. Rajasekaran S, Thomas A, Kanna RM, Ajoy Prasad Shetty. Lumbar spinous process splitting decompression provides equivalent outcomes to conventional midline decompression in degenerative lumbar canal stenosis. A Prospective, Randomised Controlled Study of 51 Patients. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2013 Sep 15;38(20):1737-43.
  13. Rajasekaran S, Bajaj N, Tubaki V, Kanna RM, Shetty AP. ISSLS Prize Winner: The Anatomy of Failure in Lumbar Disc Herniation: An In Vivo, Multimodal, Prospective Study of 181 Subjects. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2013 Aug 1;38(17):1491-500.
  14. Rajasekaran S, Kanna RM, Senthil N, Raveendran M, Cheung KM, Chan D, Subramaniam S, Shetty AP. Phenotype variations affect genetic association studies of degenerative disc disease: conclusions of analysis of genetic association of 58 single nucleotide polymorphisms with highly specific phenotypes for disc degeneration in 332 subjects. Spine J. 2013 Jun 20. [Epub ahead of print]
  15. Rajasekaran S, Kanna RM, Shetty AP, Ilayaraja V. Efficacy of diffusion tensor anisotropy indices and tractography in assessing the extent of severity of spinal cord injury: an in vitro analytical study in calf spinal cords. Spine J. 2012 Dec;12(12):1147-53.
  16. Rajasekaran S, Kanna RM, Ajoy Prasad Shetty., Annotation: SPINE Diffusion tensor imaging of the spinal cord and its clinical applications. Journal of Bone & Joint Surg Br 2012; 94-B:1024-31.
  17. Jebaseelan DD, Jebaraj C, Yoganandan N, Rajasekaran S, Rishi M. Kanna. Sensitivity studies of pediatric material properties on juvenile lumbar spine responses using finite element analysis. Med Biol Eng Comput (2012) 50:515–522.
  18. Rajasekaran S, Kanna RM, Shetty AP. Safety of cervical pedicle screw insertion in children - a clinico-radiological evaluation of computer assisted insertion of 51 cervical pedicle screws including 28 sub-axial pedicle screws in sixteen children. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2012 Feb 15;37(4):E216-23.
  19. Rajasekaran S, Kanna RM, Shetty AP. Evolution of surgical management of spinal tuberculosis. Spineline 2013 Jan-Feb:11-18.
  20. Rajasekaran S, Natarajan RN, Babu JN, Kanna RM, Shetty AP, Andersson GB. Lumbar vertebral growth is governed by "chondral growth force response curve" rather than "Hueter-Volkmann law": a clinico-biomechanical study of growth modulation changes in childhood spinal tuberculosis. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2011 Oct 15;36(22):E1435-45.
  21. Rajasekaran S, Natarajan RN, Babu JN, Kanna RM, Shetty AP, Andersson GB. Letter-to-the-Editor. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2012 Mar1;37(5):430-31.Spine: 
  22. Shetty AP, Kanna RM, Avadhani A, Rajasekaran S. Lumbar spinous process split decompression. Eur Spine J. 2010 Feb;19(2):357-8.
  23. Rajasekaran S, Kanna RM, Shetty AP. Computer navigation guided intralesional excision of cervical osteoblastoma. Eur Spine J. 2010 June;19:1046-47.
  24. Rajasekaran S, Kanna RM, Karunanithi R, Shetty AP. Diffusion tensor tractographic demonstration of partially injured spinal cord tracts in a patient with post traumatic Brown Sequard syndrome. J. Magn. Reson. Imaging 2010;32:978–981.
  25. Rajasekaran S, Kanna RM, Shetty AP. Intraoperative Computer navigation guided pedicle screw insertion in thirty three complex cervical deformities. J Craniovert Jun Spine 2010, 1: 7;38-43.
  26. Rajasekaran S, Kanna RM, Shetty AP. Closing opening wedge osteotomy for severe thoraco lumbar post tubercular kyphosis. Eur Spine J. 2010 Aug 18. [Epub ahead of print]
  27. Rajasekaran S, Kanna RM, Karunanithi R, Shetty AP. Assessment of spinal cord integrity by diffusion tensor imaging – Analysis of normal spinal cord, acute and chronic spinal cord injuries. AO Inspine 2009 Jan; 5(1):34-35.

Membership in Professional Bodies:

  • Member, Indian Orthopaedic Association
  • IOA Committee member (Road traffic Safety committee), India
  • Member, Tamilnadu Orthopaedic Association
  • Member, Association of Spine Surgeons India
  • Member, Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh
  • Member, British Association of Spine Surgeons
  • Member, Asia Pacific Orthopaedic Association
  • Gold Member, AO Spine