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DR. VIT KOTHEERANURAK


Departments

Specialty

Educations

2017

  • Fellowship of Spinal surgery, Spine unit, Orthopedic department, King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital
  • Certified Thai board of Orthopedic Surgery, (Class president),Queen Savang Vadhana Memorial Hospital, Sriracha, Chonburi, Thailand

2011

  • Doctor of medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

Board Certifications

2018

  • Certificate (endoscopic spine surgery), The Leon-Wiltse Memorial Hospital, Suwon, South Korea.
  • Certificate (minimally invasive spine surgery and endoscopic spine surgery), The Catholic University of Korea Seoul St.Mary’s Hospital, Seoul, South Korea

2017

  • Certificate (visiting and research fellowship of endoscopic spine surgery), Desert Institute for Spine Care, Phoenix, Arizona, USA.
  • Certificate (spine surgery and minimally invasive spine surgery), Cedars-Sinai medical center, Los Angeles, USA.
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Special Clinical Trainings

  • Minimally invasive spine surgery
  • Endoscopic spine surgery

Conditions Treated (Disease)

  • Herniated disc
  • Spinal stenosis

Procedure performed

  • Minimally invasive spine surgery
  • Endoscopic spine surgery

Publications

2022

  • Surgeons’ perspective, learning curve, motivation, and obstacles of full-endoscopic spine surgery in Thailand: results from a nationwide survey. Biomed Res Int.
  • Remodeling of the Lumbar Facet Joint After Full Endoscopic Resection for Lumbar Osteoid Osteoma: Case Report and Literature Review. Int J Spine Surg.
  • How Prone Position Affects the Anatomy of Lumbar Nerve Roots and Psoas Morphology for Prone Transpsoas Lumbar
  • Interbody Fusion. World Neurosurg.
  • Comparative Radiographic Analyses and Clinical Outcomes Between O-Arm Navigated and Fluoroscopic-Guided Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion. Int J Spine Surg.
  • Clinical and Radiographic Comparisons among Minimally Invasive Lumbar Interbody Fusion: A Comparison with Three-Way Matching. Asian Spine J.
  • Anterior Transcorporeal Approach for Cervical Metastatic Melanoma Resection Guided by O-Arm-Navigated Intraoperative Computed Tomography. Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown).
  • Comparison of Unremoved Intervertebral Disc Location Between 2 Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion (LLIF) Techniques. World Neurosurg.
  • Comparison of Perioperative and Postoperative Outcomes of Minimally Invasive and Open TLIF in Obese Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta‑Analysis. J Pain Res.
  • Do Obliquity and Position of the Oblique Lumbar Interbody Fusion Cage Influence the Degree of Indirect Decompression of Foraminal Stenosis? J Korean Neurosurg Soc.

2021

  • Subsidence of Interbody Cage Following Oblique Lateral Interbody Fusion: An Analysis and Potential Risk Factors. Global Spine J.
  • Psoas Major Muscle Volume Does Not Affect the Postoperative Thigh Symptoms in XLIF Surgery, Brain Sci.
  • Anterior transcorporeal full-endoscopic drainage of a long-span ventral cervical epidural abscess: A novel surgical technique, N Am Spine Soc J.
  • Full-endoscopic decompression for thoracic myelopathy caused by ossification of the ligamentum flavum: patient series, J Neurosurg Case Lessons.
  • Minimally Invasive Percutaneous Modified Iliac Screw Placement Using Intraoperative Navigation: A Technical Note, World Neurosurg.

2020

  • Neutral hip position for the oblique lumbar interbody fusion (OLIF) approach increases the retroperitoneal oblique corridor, BMC Musculoskelet Disord.
  • No Difference in Pain After Spine Surgery with Local Wound Filtration of Morphine and Ketorolac: A Randomized Controlled Trial, Clin Orthop Relat Res.
  • AOSpine Consensus Paper on Nomenclature for Working-Channel Endoscopic Spinal Procedures, Global Spine J.
  • Full Endoscopic Technique for High-Grade Up-Migrated Lumbar Disk Herniation via a Translaminar Keyhole Approach: Preliminary Series and Technical Note, J Neurosurg A Cent Eur Neurosurg.
  • Worldwide research productivity in the field of full-endoscopic spine surgery: a bibliometric study, Eur Spine J. 2

2019

  • A longitudinal investigation of the endplate cystic lesion effect on oblique lumbar interbody fusion, Clin Neurol Neurosurg.
  • Does the Neck Pain, Function, or Range of Motion Differ After Anterior Cervical Fusion, Cervical Disc Replacement, and Posterior Cervical Foraminotomy?, World Neurosurg.
  • A systematic review of unilateral bi-portal endoscopic spinal surgery: preliminary clinical results and complication, World Neurosurg.
  • Comparative analysis of the intervertebral disc signal and annulus changes between immediate and 1-year postoperative MRI after transforaminal endoscopic discectomy and annuloplasty, Neuroradiology.
  • Endoscope-assisted anterior lumbar interbody fusion with CT-guided image navigated unilateral cortical bone trajectory screw fixation in managing adjacent segment disease in L5/S1: a technical note, World Neurosurg.

2018

  • Transforaminal Endoscopic Decompression of the Lumbar Spine for Stable Degenerative Spondylolisthesis as the Least Invasive Surgical Treatment Using the YESS Surgery Technique, J Spine.
  • Transforaminal Endoscopic Decompression of the Lumbar Spine for Stable Isthmic Spondylolisthesis as the Least Invasive Surgical Treatment Using the YESS Surgery Technique, Int J Spine Surg.
  • Clinical and Radiologic Outcomes of Direct Versus Indirect Decompression with Lumbar Interbody Fusion: A Matched-Pair Comparison Analysis, World Neurosurg.
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Professional Membership

  • NASS (North America Spine Society) Diversity Equity and inclusion committee.
  • Editor of Neurospine Journal.
  • Assistant Vice President of the Spine Society of Thailand (SST).
  • Instructor in Endoscopic Spine Surgery Curriculum (AO Spine).

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