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    Mr Pratipal Kalsi FRCS PhD


    Consultant Spinal Neurosurgeon 


    GMC  No.:  6080265

    Appointments


    Mr Pratipal Kalsi FRCS PhD


    Consultant Spinal Neurosurgeon 


    GMC  No.:  6080265

    Appointments

    Treatments available for:

    • Back pain
    • Lumbar degenerative disc disease 
    • Spinal stenosis
    • Sciatica / Lumbar radiculopathy 
    • Neck pain
    • Cervical radiculopathy/Arm pain 
    • Spinal tumours
    • Spine infections 
    • Spine fractures
    • Spinal cord injury 
    • Carpal Tunnel/Ulnar Nerve Decompression 

    Professional Statement

    Pratipal Kalsi Informal

    Mr Pratipal Kalsi’s Bio


    Mr Pratipal Kalsi is an experienced Consultant Spinal Neurosurgeon with a busy NHS and private practice. He has a wide range of clinical and research interests in complex spine surgery including adult degenerative disorders, spine tumours, trauma and infection.  

       
    Mr Kalsi undertook his medical training at Imperial College School of Medicine and went on to complete his training in neurosurgery and spinal surgery.  He is spine fellowship trained, having undertaken  prestigious complex spine fellowships at the Krembil Brain Institute, University of Toronto and the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, before being appointed at Imperial College Hospitals NHS Trust.


    Mr Kalsi undertook his PhD in spinal cord injury repair and regeneration at the Institute of Neurology, UCL, where he investigated spinal cord injury repair strategies.

    He has won a number of prestigious prizes including the Ronald Raven Barber Award for oncological surgery from the Royal College of Surgeons, the Codman Travelling Fellowship and a scholarship to study spine surgery at University of California San Francisco Department of Spinal Surgery.

    He has published extensively and presented at national and international meetings, and has authored a number of book chapters on spine surgery.

    He is a member of a number of orgnisations including the British Association of Spinal Surgeons, Society of British Neurological Surgeons and the AO Spine North America.  

    Pratipal Kalsi Surgeon

    Procedures performed


    • Anterior cervical discectomy & fusion cervical disc replacement
    • Cervical laminectomy
    • Foraminotomy
    • Lumbar microdiscectomy
    • Lumbar laminectomy
    • Spine fusions for adult degenerative disorders
    • Metastatic spine tumour surgery 
    • Intradural spine pathologies (tumours, CSF flow disorders, shunts)
    • Spine trauma surgery
    • Surgery for spine infections
    • Spine injections for pain relief
    • Minimally invasive spine surgery
    • Vertebroplasty/Kyphoplasty





















     

    Spine research

    Publications

     

    • Kalsi P, Hejrati N, Charalampidis A, Wu PH, Schneider M, Wilson JR, Gao AF, Massicotte EM, Fehlings MG. Spinal Arachnoid Cysts: A case series & systematic review of the literature. Brain Spine. 2022 Jun 15;2:100904.
    • Kalsi P, Zaidman N, Jain A, Prezerakos G, Casey A, Russo VM. Surgical management of giant paraspinal thoracic schwannomas. World Neurosurgery Jan 28:S1878-8750(20)32566-3. 
    • Schneider M, Badhiwala JH, Alvi MA, Tetreault LA, Kalsi P, Idler RK, Wilson JR, Fehlings MG. Prevalence of neck pain in patients with degenerative cervical myelopathy and short term response after operative treatment: A cohort study of 664 patients from 26 global sites. Global Spine J. 2022 Sep 8:21925682221124098.
    • Charalampidis A, Hejrati N, Ramakonar H, Kalsi P, Massicotte EM, Fehlings MG. Clinical outcomes and revision rates following four-level anterior cervical discectomy and fusion. Sci Rep. 2022 Mar 29;12(1):5339
    • Charalampidis A, Canizares M, Kalsi P, Hung Wu P, Johnson M, Soroceanu A, Nataraj A, Glennie A, Rasoulinejad P, Attabib N, Hall H, Fisher C, Thomas K, Rampersaud Y. Differentiation of pain related functional limitations in surgical patients with lumbar spinal stenosis using the ODI: a Canadian Spine Outcomes and Research Network (CSORN) study. Spine 2021 Oct 23:S1529-9430(21)00968-2
    • Kalsi P, Thom M Choi D. The histological effects of fibrin glue and tissue adhesives on the spinal cord: Are they safe to use? British Journal of Neurosurgery 2017 Dec;31(6): 695-700
    • Kalsi P, Mukerji N. Treatment by specialist surgical neurooncologists improves survival times for patients with malignant glioma. Journal of Neurosurgery. 2016 Jan 1:1-2.
    • Kalsi P. Espresso in Tuscany. Spine. 2016;13(40);i
    • Gladwin K, Kalsi P, Choi D. Rat brachial plexus ventral root repair model. Plastics and Reconstructive Surgery. 2016 Jan 7;3(12):e576
    • Shekhar H, Kalsi P, Dambatta S, Strachan R. Do antibiotic impregnated external ventricular catheters have a low infection rate in clinical practise? British Journal of Neurosurgery. 2015(10)15:1-6.
    • Hassan MF, Mohamed M, Kalsi P, Bradey N, Sinar EJ. Intramedullary pyogenic abscess of the conus medullaris. British Journal of Neurosurgery. Feb  2012;26(1):118-9.
    • Kalsi P, Hassan MF, Scoones D, Bradey N, Tizzard S. An unusual case of ectopic prostate tissue in an intradural lipoma of the conus medullaris. British Journal of Neurosurgery. Dec 2011;25(6):757-8. 
    • Kalsi PS, Tizzard S. Listeria Monocytogenes encephalitis causing reversible confusion in a patient with glioblastoma multiforme. British Journal of Neurosurgery. Jun 2011;25(3):333-334.
    • Balasubramanian K, Kalsi P, Manjunath Prasad KS, Greenough CG. Reliability of clinical examination in diagnosing cauda equina syndrome. British Journal of Neurosurgery. Aug 2010;24(4):383-6
    • Palmer C, Kalsi P, Bradey N, Scoones D, Strachan R. Recurrence of fourth ventricular choroid plexus papilloma with late occurrence of a spinal drop metastasis. British Journal of Neurosurgery. Aug 2010;24(4):482-4.
    • Shekhar H, Dambatta S, Kalsi P, Strachan R.  Is the use of antibiotic impregnated external ventricular drains reducing the incidence of ventriculitis? British Journal of Neurosurgery, April 2009; 23(2): 111–115
    • Paluzzi A, Viva LJ, Kalsi PS, Mukerji N, Tzerakis N, Patton MA. Ruptured cerebral aneurysm in a patient with Floating Harbour Syndrome. Clinical Dysmorphology. 2008 Oct;17(4):283-5
    • Kalsi PS, Carrington RJ, Skinner JA. Therapeutic embolization for recurrent haemarthroses after total knee arthroplasty. Journal of Arthroplasty Dec 2007;22(8): 1223-5. 
    • Kalsi PS, Rangi PS, Elias TA, Martin AJ. Intracranial aneurysms after a cranial stab injury. Injury. May 2007. doi:10.1016/j.injury.2007.07.003 
    • Fellowes G, Kalsi PS, Martin AJ. Nocardia Farcinica brain abscess in a patient without immunocompromise. British Journal of Neurosurgery. June 2007;21(3):301-306 
    • Rust PA, Kalsi PS, Cannon S, Briggs TWR, Blunn GW. Will mesenchymal stem cells differentiate into osteoblasts on allograft? Clinical Orthopedics and Related Research. April 2007;457;220-6.
    • Kalsi PS, Martinez-Canca JF. Bilateral facial palsy following blunt trauma. Injury Extra. 2007 Mar;38(3):94-96 
    • Nair N, Kalsi PS, Papadopoulos MC. Cervical cord presyrinx. British Journal of Neurosurgery. 2006 Jun;20(3):175-6.





















     

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