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Laparoscopic Surgeon

Consultant

MBBS, DNB, DNB, ,

Chennai, India

Works at Dr. Rela Institute and Medical Centre, Chennai

12 years of experience

About Dr. Kumar Palaniappan

  • Dr. Kumar Palaniappan is a well-known Liver Specialist at Dr. Rela Institute & Medical Center. 
  • His medical interests are Living donor and Deceased donor liver transplantation, Laparoscopic donor hepatectomy, Laparoscopic HPB surgery including laparoscopic hepatic and pancreatic resections, and Single-incision laparoscopic surgery.
  • He has obtained training certification in Liver Transplantation from Medanta - the Medicity, Gurgaon followed by Robotic HPB Surgery from Vattikuti Institute of Robotic Surgery. 
  • He has been honored with several best awards at national and international conferences. 

Location Location

Chennai, India

Special Interest

Living donor and Deceased donor liver transplantation Laparoscopic donor hepatectomy Laparoscopic HPB surgery including laparoscopic hepatic and pancreatic resections Single-incision laparoscopic surgery

List Of Treatments

  • Liver Transplant

Work Experience of Dr. Kumar Palaniappan

Consultant, MIOT International, Chennai

Consultant, Surgical Gastroenterologist & Laparoscopic Surgeon, Dr. Mehta’s Hospital, Chennai

, Medanta - The Medicity, Gurgaon

Senior Consultant, HPB & Liver Transplant Surgeon, Gleneagles Global Hospitals, Chennai, India

Dr. Kumar Palaniappan's

  • MBBS, 1999, Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangalore
  • DNB, 2004, Meenakshi Mission Hospital & Research Centre, Madurai
  • DNB, 2009, Meenakshi Mission Hospital & Research Centre, Madurai
  • , 2012, Fellowship (Liver Transplantation & HPB Surgery), Medanata – The Medicity, Gurgaon, India

- Best Poster Award in IHPBA Annual Conference, Ahmedabad 2016. - Best Paper Award & Travel Grant from the Japanese HPB Society at the Consensus Conference on Laparoscopic Liver Resection, Morioka, Japan in August 2014. - Best Paper Award in IASGO Conference, Tokyo June 2015. - Best Paper Award & Travel Grant at the 27th Meeting of the Japanese HPB Society in Tokyo in June 2015. - Best Video award IHPBA 2012, Mumbai on Auxillary Partial Liver Transplantation for Propionic Acidemia. - First Prize in Quiz at IASG 2009, Mumbai (National conference of Surgical Gastroenterology). - Surgery Quiz – Second prize. CME Programme at K.M.C. Manipal - Best paper presentation: Lap. Management of Cystic Neoplasm of Pancreas. IHPBA –Single Theme conference on Pancreas. Bangalore. Feb 2009. - Silver Medal award: University exam in E.NT. During the third year of MB.B.S.

  • Laparoscopic appendicectomy for complicated appendicitis: is it safe and justified? A retrospective analysis. Khiria LS, Ardhnari R, Mohan N, Kumar P, Nambiar R. Surg Laparosc Endosc Percutan Tech. 2011 Jun; 21(3):142-5.
  • Portal flow modulation in auxiliary partial orthotopic liver transplantation. Rela M, Bharathan A, Kumar P, Cherian PT, Reddy MS. Pediatr Transplant 2015 May; 19(3): 255-60.
  • Laparoscopic Liver resection: wedge resections to living donor hepatectomy, are we heading in the right direction?  Cherian PT, Mishra AK, Kumar P, Sachan VK, Bharathan A, Srikanth G, Senadhipan B, Rela M. World J Gastroenterol 2014 Oct 7; 20(37):13369-81.
  • Pediatric hepatocellular carcinoma in a developing country: Is the etiology changing? Palaniappan K, Borkar VV, Safwan M, Vij M, Govil S, Shanmugam N, Rela M. Pediatr Transplant. 2016 Nov;20(7):898-903. doi: 10.1111/petr.12754. Epub 2016 Jul 8. PubMed PMID: 27392999
  • Co-author on a chapter on Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy, G.I. Surgery Annual, Vol 14, Supplement, 2007,1-7.
  • Co-author on a chapter on Laparoscopic common bile duct exploration, G.I. Surgery Annual, Vol14, Supplement, 2007, 8-12

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Dr. Kumar Palaniappan practices at Dr. Rela Institute and Medical Centre, Chennai

Dr. Kumar Palaniappan specialty is Laparoscopic Surgeon

Dr. Kumar Palaniappan is Laparoscopic Surgeon with 12 years of experience.

More About Laparoscopic Surgeon

Laparoscopic surgery helps in diagnosing and treating problems in the reproductive organs. It can help find the cause of symptoms, such as pain or bleeding whereas the Minimal access surgery is completed with one or more small incisions instead of a large incision and Bariatric surgery is on the stomach or intestines to help a person with extreme obesity lose weight.

It is minimally invasive as in a surgery a laparoscopic camera is inserted into the abdomen and the Instruments are inserted through 2 more small puncture holes.

Ultrasound, CT Scan, MRI etc are some of the investigations required by the Laparascopic surgeon to make a diagnosis and treat the medical problem.

Endoscopy has advanced in recent years, enabling some forms of surgery to be conducted using a modified endoscope which makes the surgery less invasive whereas a laparoscope is a modified endoscope used for keyhole surgery (also referred to as laparoscopic surgery).

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