Dr. Balasubramoniam K. R. | thoracic surgeon india

My Biography

Dr. Balasubramoniam K. R

Chief Consultant Robotic and Minimally invasive Thoracic Surgeon , Yashoda hospital group, Hyderabad

Dr. Balasubramoniam. K. R. completed his MBBS in 2001 and MS General surgery in 2006 from Govt. Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram following which he completed his MCh (CVTS) programme from the prestigious Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology ( SCTIMST), Trivandrum in 2010. He worked as a Junior Cardiac Surgeon in Southern Railway Hospital, Perambur, Chennai till 2011. He rejoined SCTIMST, Trivandrum in 2011 and was an Assistant Professor in the Department of CVTS till 2014. He served a 5-year tenure as Clinical Associate Professor & in-charge of the Minimally Invasive and Robotic unit, Thoracic and Aortic division at Dept. of CVTS and as an integral member of the Heart and Lung transplant team at AIMS, Kochi from 2014 to 2019. Presently he is working as the Head of Minimally Invasive and Robotic Thoracic Surgery Unit at Yashoda hospital group of hospitals, Hyderabad .

Experience of 1200 Thoracic surgical procedures , 600 VATS and Robotic procedures , credited with establishing VATS units at 3 major centers in India, Performed the first Robotic Thoracic procedure in the Kerala state , India

Advanced Training in Thoracic Surgery

VATS

National University Hospital , Singapore & Cedar Sinai Hospital, Los Angeles

Uniportal VATS

Shanghai Pulmonary hospital , China

Robotic Thoracic Surgery

University of Alabama , USA & University of Rouen , France

Lung Transplantation

University of Vienna , Austria

Surgical Procedures

Chest wall trauma - Open reduction and internal fixation of rib fractures , chest wall deformity correction - pectus excavatum and carinatum

Minimally invasive Thoracic surgery in high risk patients not suitable for open surgery

Robotic thoracic surgical procedures - Thymectomy, Bullectomy Mediastinal tumour excision , Lobectomy

VATS Sympathectomy for Palmar hyperhidrosis

Minimally invasive thoracic surgery - for infective and inflammatory lung diseases like empyema , aspergilloma

Lung sparing parenchymal procedures - Sleeve lobectomy

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Services

Robotic thoracic surgery

Thoracic surgical procedures performed using the Da Vinci surgical robot using 3 or 4 keyhole incisions using precision robotic instruments , 10X magnification and 3D visualisation . Provides advantages of less postoperative pain , less postoperative pain , smaller scars and early recovery and speedy discharge from hospital .

Videoasisted thoracic surgery

Thoracic surgical procedures performed through keyhole incisions 2 or 3 small incisions (5mm to 10mm in size) . Smaller scars , less infection , less postoperative pain and early discharge and recovery compared to open thoracic surgery form the hallmarks of this modality

Muscle sparing Thoracotomy for Open thoracic surgery

In place of 3 to 4 chest muscles cut in open thoracic surgery , muscle sparing thoracotomy leads to cutting of only a single muscle or retracting of muscles thus preserving shoulder function and early return to physical activity post thoracic surgery

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Patient Testimonial

Mrs . Sindhu Biju

Dubai , UAE

I am sharing this, because I want more people to know about some really dedicated personalities in this field. From my experience, I believe, if people reach the right hands, it is what makes all the difference. In almost 6 months, our journey transformed from being one of despair to one of peace, as it is now. We were clueless and without direction when my mother's disease was diagnosed. From the moment I met you and signed the consent for the lobectomy, the support we received from you was amazing. Again, soon after discharge, I partially made the decisions to follow alternative medicine, which would have eliminated the whole point of a good surgery. But you patiently convinced us to continue the proper regime and protocol of the treatment. Thank you Dr.Balasubramoniam for your commitment, because it is a blessing to your patients including my mother. I should also specially thank Dr Jame Abraham and Dr Sunil PK, my friend and classmate who were with us in our toughest times and for directing us to the right persons like Dr. K Pavithran and Dr Balasubramoniam.

Family of Abdul Gadir Moosa

Maldives

We wanted to take a moment to thank you for the exceptional care you gave to our father. We are forever thankful for your genuine warmth and evident care. Through the issues we experienced, your patience and attentiveness is praiseworthy. We are extremely thankful that you were our father's surgeon.

Devi

Kingston upon Thames, England

A big thank you to Dr. Balasubramoniam who operated on me to fix a chest wall defect that had been causing severe intercostal neuralgia for 12 months, leaving me unable to work. Having been unable to find help in London, I approached Dr Balasubramoniam of who assessed my case with great care and kindness.

Pamela Chakraborthy

Durgapur, West Bengal

While it is true that the strings of one's life are responsibly held by the almighty and if he wills no calamity or harm can befall upon the one he intends to protect, it is also true that his ways are mysterious and he often works through his angels. The man seen standing with me in his white angelic demeanour is my angel.