Publications
(By Date)
1991
Further experience with the lateral arm free flap
Authors: J Katsaros, E Tan, N Zoltie, M Barton, Dr Venugopalsrinivasan,
V Venkataramakrishnan.
Source: Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, May 1991, Vol. 87, No 5, 902-910
Posterior arm flap in Hidradenitis Suppurativa
Authors: ElliotD, KangesuL, BainbridgeC, VenkataramakrishnanV
Source:British Journal of Plastic Surgery, Vol.45, (2), p 101-104. 1991.
1992
Lateral arm flap in upper extremity reconstruction
Authors: KatsarosJ, ZolteN, TanE, VenkataramakrishnanV
Source: American Journal of Hand Surgery, Vol 16A,(4), p 598-604. 1992.
1996
Breast reduction and carcinoma in situ
Authors: 0. Villafañe, P. Stanley, V. Venkataramakrishnan.
Source: British Journal of Plastic Surgery1996, Vol. 49, No 7, p499
Carcinoma in Reduction Mammoplasty
Authors: VillafaneO, StanleyP, VenkataramakrishnanV
Source: British Journal of Plastic Surgery, Vol. 49(7) , p499-501 Letter. 1996.
Endoscopic reconstructive plastic surgery – a review of the state of the art
Authors: V Ramakrishnan & S Southern
Source: Min Invas Ther & Allied Technol 1997: 5/6: 448-457
Endoscopic Rectus Harvest. A Simplified Sheath-Saving Technique
Authors: V Ramakrishnan & S Southern
Source: Annals of Plastic Surgery, 1997. 39(6)573-77
Scarpa's adipofascial flap for repair of wide scalp defects.
Authors: Southern S, Ramakrishnan V.
Source: Ann Plast Surg. 1996 Sep;37(3):343-4. PMID: 8883740 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
1997
Adiposofascial flap harvest using endoscopic assistance (letter)
Authors: V Ramakrishnan & S Southern
Source: Annals of Plastic Surgery (1997) 39(5) 555-6
Endoscopically assisted latissimus dorsi harvest and prosthetic placement.
Authors: Ramakrishnan VV, Southern S, Villafane O.
Source: Br J Plast Surg. 1997 Apr;50(3):219-20. No abstract available.
PMID: 9176014 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Endoscopic assisted reconstructive surgery – first 25 consecutive cases
Authors: V Ramakrishnan, S Southern, N B Hart, A Raurell
Source: British Assoc of Plastics Surgeons (presentation) 1997 Dec.
Endoscopic breast reconstruction (letter)
Authors: V Ramakrishnan & S Southern
Source: Hospital Doctor 1997
Endoscopic harvest of latissimus dorsi plus rectus abdominis. Live Demonstration
Authors: V Ramakrishnan, S Southern, K Graham, G McGrouther
Source: Endoscopic Flap Surgery Course, RCS, London (1997)
Evaluations of Aesthetic results in breast reconstruction – an analysis of reliability
Authors: VenkataramakrishnanV, SouthernS, TzafettaR
Source:Annals of Plastic Surgery, 38(1), p85-86 .1997.
Gastrocnemius myocutaneous flap on femoral pedicle
Authors: VenkataramakrishnanV, MohanD, KrishnaA, ChowdharyS
Source: Annals of Plastic Surgery , 39(1), p106-8 Letter. 1997.
Lower limb salvage using parts of the contralateral amputated leg
Authors: V Venkatramakrishnan, S Southern, N B Hart, F Nieuwoudt & O Villafane
Source: International Journal of the care of the injured. Vol.28, No.7,1997
Scarpa’s Fascia Flap for repair of wide scalp defects
Authors: VenkataramakrishnanV, SouthernS
Source: Annals of Plastic Surgery (US), 37(3), p343-344 Letter 1997.
Schwannoma of nasal tip
Authors: MohanD, KrishnaA, VenkataramakrishnanV-
Source: Annals of Plastic Surgery,38 (1), p83-84 Letter. 1997.
The Longest Pedicle for a Gastrocnemius Flap!
Authors: Venkataramakrishnan V, Mohan D, Krishna A et al
Source: Ann Plastic Surgery (United States), Jul 1997, 39(1) p106-8
Twin flap technique for nipple reconstruction.
Authors: Ramakrishnan VV, Mohan D, Villafane O, Krishna A.
Source: Ann Plast Surg. 1997 Sep;39(3):241-4.
PMID: 9326703 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Video-Microsurgery. An alternative to the operating microscope
Authors: Villafane O, Southern S, Ramakrishnan V
Source: British Journal of Plastic Surgery (1997), 50, 294-296
Video microsurgery: a substitute for the operating microscopy?
Authors: Ramakrishnan VV, Villafane O, Southern S.
Source: Br J Plast Surg. 1997 Jun;50(4):294. No abstract available.
PMID: 9215075 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
1998
Limb Salvage using Free Tissue transfer following Meningococcal Septicemia.
Authors: Ramakrishnan V, Krishna A, Damilakos P
Source: Plastic & reconstructive Surgery. 101(2):548-549, Feb 1998
1999
Chloramphenicol use in plastic surgery.
Authors: Erel E, Platt AJ, Ramakrishnan V.
Source: Br J Plast Surg. 1999 Jun;52(4):326-7. No abstract available.
PMID: 10624313 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Endoscopically-assisted excision of scapular osteochondroma
Authors: V Ramakrishnan, N Kumar, G V Johnson, S Southern.
Source: Scandinavian University Press 1999 ISSN 0001-6470
Endoscopically assisted removal of Osteochondroma of scapula
Authors: KumarN, VenkataramakrishnanV, SouthernS, JohnsonG
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery 70 (4), 392-393 (1999)
Minimizing blood loss in reduction mammoplasty by local infiltration
Authors: 0. Villafañe, S. O'Sullivan, V. Venkataramakrishnan
Source: British Journal of Plastic Surgery, 1999, Vol. 52, No 5, 421
Penoscrotal necrosis complicating intravenous drug abuse
Authors: BahiaH, MoazzamA, VenkataramakrishnanV
Source: British Journal of Plastic Surgery, 52 (5), p324-325 Letter. 1999.
2000
Endoscopic harvest of the rectus abdominis muscle.
Authors: Southern S, Ramakrishnan V.
Source: Ann Plast Surg. 2000 Dec;45(6):677. PMID: 11128773 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Free tissue transfer in a case of systemic lupus erythematosis
Authors: RaurellA, AustinO, VenkataramakrishnanV
Source: British Journal of Plastic Surgery. 53, 77-79 (2000)
Prosthetic reconstruction of the breast in high risk chest walls
Authors: VenkataramakrishnanV, SouthernS, TzafettaR
Source: Annals of Plastic surgery 44(3), 250-258 (2000)
Reconstruction of the high-risk chest wall with endoscopically assisted latissimus dorsi harvest and expander placement.
Authors: Ramakrishnan V, Southern SJ, Tzafetta R.
Source: Ann Plast Surg. 2000 Mar;44(3):250-8. PMID: 10735216 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
2001
Aesthetic implications of scar position in breast reconstruction
Authors: SouthernS, CoutinhoM, VenkataramakrishnanV, WattD, FourieL, SharpeD
Source: British Journal of Plastic surgery 54(4), 326-330 (2001)
Cervical lymphadenopathy as metastases from a scalp secondary: a ; double metastasis
Authors: Bahia H, Platt A, Baguley P, Ramakrishnan V
Source: European Journal of Surgical Oncology Volume 27, Issue . February 2001
Endoscopic-assisted transaxillary removal of a midline anterior epidermoid cyst.
Authors: Erel E, Southern SJ, Ramakrishnan V.
Source: Br J Plast Surg. 2001 Sep;54(6):545-7. PMID: 11513521 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Endoscopic harvest of the gracilis muscle.
Authors: Khan M, Southern S, Ramakrishnan V.
Source: Plast Reconstr Surg. 2001 Jan;107(1):294. PMID: 11228636 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Evaluation of factors related to post-mastectomy breast reconstruction
Authors: TzafettaR, AhmedO, BahiaH, VenkataramakrishnanV
Source: Plastic & Reconstructive surgery (2001)
The aesthetic implication of scar position in breast reconstruction.
Authors: Coutinho M, Southern S, Ramakrishnan V, Watt D, Fourie L, Sharpe DT.
Source: Br J Plast Surg. 2001 Jun;54(4):326-30. PMID: 11355988 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Video-microsurgery early experience
Author: V. Venkataramakrishnan, 0. Villafañe, S. Southern.
Source: Microsurgery, 2001, Vol. 21(2) 63-9
2002
Patient Satisfaction with immediate breast reconstruction in women indergoing mastectomy for breast cancer
Authors: D Frizelle. DM Sharp, L Davis, G Spyrou, A Gallido, R Ali, L Walker, V Ramakrishnan
Source: Psycho Oncology 2002;11, 550
Reconstruction of the natal cleft with perforator based flap
Authors: A Garrido, R Ali, V Ramakrishnan, G Spyrou & PRW Stanley
Source: Br. J. Plast. Surg. 2002;55:671-674
2003
Ossification of a varicose ulcer bed: a potential pitfall in skin defect reconstruction.
Authors: Depasquale I, Ramakrishnan V.
Source: Plast Reconstr Surg. 2003 Jul;112(1):351-3. No abstract available.
PMID: 12832932 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Satisfaction with immediate versus delayed reconstruction following mastectomy for breast cancer
Authors: L G Walker, D J Frizelle, G Spyrou, A Gallido, R Ali, V Ramakrishnan & DM Sharpe.
Source: Psycho Oncology 2003; 12, S142 (#250). (Abstract)
V-Y advancement flap and composite graft for alar-groove reconstruction.
Authors: Raurell A, Ahmed O, George E, Ramakrishnan V.
Source: Br J Plast Surg. 2002 Jan;55(1):8-11. PMID: 11783962 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE
2004
Microsurgical reconstruction of the breast: 'The versatile lower abdomen
Author: Ramakrishnan VV.
Source: Indian J Plast Surg 2004;37:18-22
2005
Early free tissue transfer following gangrene of the feet.
Authors: Raveendran SS, Mosahebi A, Ramakrishnan VV.
Source: Br J Plast Surg. 2005 Jul;58(5):692-4.
PMID: 15925332 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE
Immediate bilateral autologous breast reconstruction for silicone intolerance.
Authors: Mosahebi A, Atherton D, Ramakrishnan V.
Source: Br J Plast Surg. 2005 Jul;58(5):714-6.
PMID: 15925337 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Lidocaine facilitates safe and simple intramuscular dissection.
Authors: Haeney JA, Stanley PR, Ramakrishnan VV.
Source: Plast Reconstr Surg. 2005 Sep 15;116(4):1183-4.
2006
Envelope mastectomy and immediate reconstruction (EMIR), improving outcome without oncological compromise.
Authors: Mosahebi A, Ramakrishnan V, Gittos M, Collier DS.
Source: J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2006;59(10):1025-30. Epub 2006 Mar 24.
Large fasciocutaneous perforator based V-Y advancement flap for large post-mastectomy wound reconstruction--our experience with three cases.
Authors: Lim EH, Mathur B, Niranjan NS, Ramakrishnan V.
Source: J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2006;59(10):1073-5. Epub 2006 May 11.
Microcirculation in DIEP flaps: a study of the haemodynamics using laser Doppler flowmetry and lightguide reflectance spectrophotometry.
Authors: Figus A, Mosahebi A, Ramakrishnan V.
Source J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2006;59(6):604-12; discussion 613. Epub 2006 Mar 3. PMID: 16716953 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Perforator flaps-Editorial.
Author: Ramakrishnan VV.
Source: J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2006;59(6):569-70. Epub 2006 Mar 13. No abstract available.
PMID: 16716949 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
2007
A large encapsulated seroma presenting as a mass 5 years post paraumbilical hernia repair.
Authors: Caulfield RH, Maleki-Tabrizi A, Khan F, Ramakrishnan V.
Source:J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2007 Oct 12; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17933597 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Aesthetic outcome of different techniques of reconstruction following nipple-areola-preserving envelope mastectomy with immediate reconstruction.
Authors: Mosahebi A, Ramakrishnan V, Gittos M, Collier J.
Source:Plast Reconstr Surg. 2007 Mar;119(3):796-803.
PMID: 17312480 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Assistant free drainage of microanastamoses during free flap surgery
Authors: Caulfield RH, Maleki-Tabrizi A, Birch J, Ramakrishnan V.
Source: J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2007;60(6):691-2. Epub 2007 Jan 31. No abstract available. PMID: 17485064 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE
Breast reduction surgery after coronary artery bypass grafting
Authors: Ismail, Amir1; Mosahebi, Afshin; Ramakrishnan, Venkat
Source: European Journal of Plastic Surgery, Volume 29, Number 5, July 2007, pp. 243-244(2)
DIEP flap with implant: a further option in optimizing breast reconstruction
Authors: Andrea Figus, Vanessa Canu, Fortune C. Iwuagwu and V Ramakrishnan
Source: doi:10.1016/j. bjps 2007 12.089 and J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2008 Jul 8. [Epub ahead of print]
Nipple Reconstruction Using the Free Transfer of a Previously Reconstructed Nipple.
Authors: Caulfield RH, Maleki-Tabrizi A, Ramakrishnan V.
Source: Aesthetic Plast Surg. 2008 Jan;32(1):175-176. Epub 2007 Aug 31. No abstract available. PMID: 17763896 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Point of technique: an alternative to the bolus tie-over dressing for full-thickness skin grafts.
Authors: Yoong P, Caulfield R, Ramakrishnan V.
Source: Ann Plast Surg. 2007 Apr;58(4):466-7. No abstract available.
PMID: 17413896 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Salvage of a DIEP flap using a retrograde flow anastomosis
Authors: Caulfield RH, Maleki-Tabrizi A, Mathur B, Ramakrishnan V.
Source: J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2008;61(3):346-7. Epub 2007 Dec 21. No abstract available. PMID: 18155654 [PubMed - in process]
Stacked free SIEA/DIEP flap for unilateral breast reconstruction in thin patient with abdominal vertical midline scar’ a case report
Authors: A Figus, P Fioramonti, V Ramakrishnan
Source: Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery JRM-07-05-0072, 1-13 (2007)
The complications of 'cosmetic tourism' - an avoidable burden on the NHS.
Authors: Birch J, Caulfield R, Ramakrishnan V.
Source: J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2007;60(9):1075-7. Epub 2007 May 7. No abstract available. PMID: 17482899 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
The "onion skinning" technique for infection control.
Authors: Caulfield RH, Tabrizi AM, Ramakrishnan V.
Source: Ann Plast Surg. 2007 Feb;58(2):230. No abstract available.
PMID: 17245162 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
2008
360 degree Microsurgical skills practice: a ‘round-the-clock’ training device.
Authors: Chan WY, Mishra A, Srinivasan JR, Ramakrishnan VV-accepted by JPRAS
Source: JPlasticReconstructive Aesthetic Surgery Sept 2008; 61(9):1110-1. Epub May 2008
A novel splinting technique to protect free flaps around major joints
Authors: Caulfield RH, Maleki-Tabrizi A, Ramakrishnan V, Birch J
J Trauma. 2008 Mar;64(3):E44-6.
A simple innovation to improve recipient vessel exposure in the axilla during microvascular breast reconstruction with DIEAP flap
Authors: A Gravvanis, R Caulfield, V Ramakrishnan, N Niranjan
Source:Microsurgery. 2008;28(4):301-2.
A theoretical model describing arterial flow in the DIEP flap related to number and size of perforator vessels
Authors: A Figus, V Ramakrishnan, C Rubino
Source: Source: JPRAS, 2008 Jan 31 [Epub ahead of print]. J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2008 Aug 28.
An unusual case of fibromatosis of the axilla.
Authors: Caulfield RH, Maleki-Tabrizi A, Birch J, Davies J, Sauven P, Ramakrishnan V.
Source: Breast J. 2008 Jan-Feb;14(1):110-2.
DIEP flap implant: a further option in optimizing breast reconstruction
Authors: A Figus, V Canu, Fortune C Iwuagwa, V Ramakrishnan
Source: JPRAS 2008 July
Fat transfer using an epidural needle.
Authors: Wong CJ, Mathur B, Ramakrishnan V.
Source: J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2008 Aug;61(8):905. Epub 2008 Jun 16.
Large dorsal intercostal perforator flap in extensive neurofibromatosis.
Authors: Bramhall RJ, Mathur B, Ramakrishnan V.
Source: Plast Reconstr Surg. 2008 Jun;121(6):2178-9; author reply 2179-80.
Hemodynamic Changes in the Microcirculation of DIEP Flaps.
Authors: Figus,Andrea MD, Ramakrishnan, Venkat MS, FRCS, FRACS, Rubino Corrado MD
Source:Annals of Plastic Surgery. 60(6):644-648, June 2008
Salvage of finger length in septicaemia necrosis using three free flaps from a single ALT donor site.
Authors: Caulfield RH, Maleki-Tabrizi A, Birch J, Ramakrishnan V.
Source: Accepted for publication in Annals of Plastic Surgery (APS) June 2008
Stacked free hemi-DIEP flaps: a method of autologous breast reconstruction in a patient with midline abdominal scarring
Authors: R S Ali, A Garrido, V Ramakrishnan
Source: J Reconstr Microsurg. 2008 Jan 11; [Epub ahead of print] No abstract available. PMID: 18189212 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher
The use of subcutaneous fat to facilitate drainage during wound closure.
Authors: Caulfield RH, Ramakrishnan V.
Source: J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2008 Jan 31; [Epub ahead of print] No abstract available. PMID: 18243081 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Recipient Vessel Exposure in the Axilla during Microvascular Breast Reconstruction
Authors: Andreas Gravvanis, Robert H Caulfield Venkat Ramakrishnan and Niri Niranjan
Source: Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery/Volume24, Number 8 2008
Breast Reconstruction-State of Art
Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery
2009
A large encapsulated seroma presenting as a mass 5 years post paraumbilical hernia repair
Authors: Robert H Caulfield, Atoussa Maleki-Tabrizi, Farrukh Khan, Venkat Ramakrishnan
Source: Volume 62, Issue 1, January 2009, Pages 105-107
DIEP Flap with implant: a further option in optimising breast reconstruction
Authors: Andrea Figus, Vanessa Canu, Fortune C Iwuagwu, Venkat Ramakrishnan
Volume 62, Issue 9, September 2009, Pages 1118-1126
Flap size/flow rate relationship in perforator flaps and its importance in DIEP flap drainage
Authors: C Rubino, V Ramakrishnan, A Figus, A Bulla, V Coscia
Volume 62, Issue 12, December 2009, Pages 1666-1670
Late post operative haemorrhage from internal mammary perforators
Authors: Declan Collins, Afshin Mosahebi, Venkat Ramakrishnan
Volume 62, Issue 6, June 2009, Pages 852-853
Management of Inguinal Lymphadenopathy : Immediate Sartorius Transportation and Reconstruction of recurrence with Pedicles ALT Flap
Authors: Gravvanis A, Caulfield R, Mathur B, Ramakrishnan V
Source: Ann Plast Surg July 2009 19602946
Microsurgery training today and future
Authors: W Y Chan, J.R Srinivasan, V.V Ramakrishnan
Source: J Plastc Reconstr Aesthet Surg (2009) dol:10.1016/j.bjps.2009.11.0386
The ‘round -the –clock’ training model for assessment and warm up of microsurgical skills: A validation study
Authors: Chan W-Y, Figus A, Ekwobi C, Srinivasan J, Ramakrishnan V
Source: Plast, Reconstr Aesthet Surgs June 2009
The transverse myocutaneous gracilis flap: technical refinements.
Authors: Fattah A, Figus A, Mathur B, Ramakrishnan V
Source: J Plastic Reconstr Aesthet Surg Jan 2009 19131289
2010
Acute upper limb ischaemia following chest wall reconstruction
Authors: D Kulendren, M Syed, S Shah, V Ramakrishnan
Source: Volume 63, Issue 6, June 2010, Pages e540-542
Breast Reconstruction: A quantitative assessment of the quality of information available to patients
Authors: C Macdonald, MS Lloyd, B Mathur, V Ramakrishnan PMID 20579949
Source: Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery 2010 June 23
Microsurgery Training in an era of Reduced Working Hours
Authors: Woan-Yi Can, Fernando Bello, Venkat Ramakrishnan
Source: Second International Conferencefor Surgical Education and Training May 2010, Dublin
Microsurgery training today and future
Authors: W Y Chan, J R Srinivasan, V V Ramakrishnan
Source: Volume 63, Issue 6, June 2010, Pages 1061-1063
The transverse myocutaneous gracilis flap: technical refinements.
Authors: Adel Fattah, Andrea Figus, Bhagwat Mathur, Venkat V Ramakrishnan
Source: JPRAS (2010)63, 305-313
Regeneration of tendo Achillis
Authors: AAH Parker, M Taylor, N Patel, V Ramamkrishnan
Source: The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery Vol.92-B, No 6, June 2010
The ‘round-the-clock’ training model for assessment microsurgical skills: A validation study”
Authors: Woan-Yi-Chan, Andrea Figus, Chidi Ekowbi, Jeyaram R Srinivasan, V Ramakrishnan
Source: Volume 63, Issue 8, August 2010, Pages 1323-1328
The transverse myocutaneous gracilis flap: technical refinements
Authors: Adel Fattah, Andrea Figus, Bhagwat Mathur, Venkat Ramakrishnan
Source: Volume 63, Issue 2, February 2010, Pages 305-313
Use of ligaclips in stopping microvascular anastomotic leaks
Authors: Anindya Lahiri, Mobin Syed, Venkat Ramakrishnan
Source: British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons doi:10.1016/j.bjps.2009.02.053
Video-based Learning: An Adjunct To Learning Plastic Surgery Procedures
Authors: Woan-Yi Chan, Venkat Ramakrishnan
Source:2010 BAPRAS Meeting
2011
Developmental Breast Asymmetry
Authors: WoanYi Chan, Bhagwart Mathur, Diana Sharman, Venkat Ramakrishnan
Source: The Breast Journal 2011 1-8
Intraoperative Esophageal Doppler Hemodynamic Monitoring in Free Perforator Flap Surger
Authors: Figus, Andrea; Wade, Ryckie G; Oakey, Stephen; Ramakrishnan, Venkat V
Source: Annals of Plastic Surgery, Post Author Corrections, 9 December 2011
‘Mini’ free groin flap for treatment of a tufted angioma of the finger
Authors: D Collins, N J Sebire, A Barnacle, V Ramakrihnan, L Kangesu
Source: Volume 64, Issue 5, May 2011, Pages e128-e131
Perioperative use of Herbal, Complementary and Over the Counter Medicines in Plastic Surgery Patients
Authors: Declan Collins, Steve Oakey, Venkat Ramakrishnan
Source: Eplasty. 2011: 11: e27, Published online 2011 May 19
2012
A Comparison of a New Skin Closure Device and Intradermal Sutures in the Closure of Full-Thickness Surgical Incisions
Authors :Dirk Richter, Alexander Stoff, Venkat Ramakrishnan, Klaus Exner, Jan Jernbeck, Phillip N. Blondeel.
Source: Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Volume 130, Number 4:843-850, Oct 2012
Microsurgical reconstruction of complicated extended Latissimus dorsi flap donor sites: A report three cases
Authors: Reza Arya, Ramakrishnan Venkat
Source: Journal of Plastic Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery Vol. 65, Issue 12, Pages 1660-1663
The Extended DIEP Flap: Extending the possibilities for breast reconstruction with tissue from the lower abdomen (doi/10.1002/micr.21975/abstract)
Authors: Maziar Shafighi, Mihai A. Constantinescu, Georg M Huemer, Radu Olariu, Harald M Bonel, Andrej Banic and Venkat Ramakrishnan
Source:Microsurgery March 2012
The Thoracodorsal Artery and Vein as Recipient Vessels for Microsurgical Breast Reconstruction
Authors: Banwell, Miles; Trotter, Dean; Ramakrishnan, Venkat
Source: Annals of Plastic Surgery. 68(5):542-543, May 2012
Venous perforators in DIEAP flaps: An observational analytical study using duplex ultrasonography
Authors: Andrea Figus, Ryckie G Wade, Louise Gorton, Corrado Rubino, V Ramakrishnan
Source: Volume 65, Issue 8, August 2012, Pages 1051-1059
2013
Intraoperative Esophageal Doppler Hemodynamic Monitoring in Free Perforator Flap Surgery
Authors: Figus, Andrea; Wade, Ryckie G.; Oakey, Stephen; Ramakrishnan, Venkat V.
Source: Annals of Plastic Surgery. 70(3):301-307, March 2013.
The St Andrew’s Recipient Algorithm of Breast Recontruction: A Comparison Analysis with Other Microsurgical units in the World.
Authors: Liem, Anita, Ramakrishnan, Venkat
Plastic & Recontructive Surgery 131(1):127e-128e, January 2013 doi: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e318272a16f
BOOK CHAPTERS:
‘Breast Reconstruction-Your Choice’
Authors: Dick Rainsbury & Virginia Straker Published 2008
Class Publishing ISBN 978-1-85959-197-0. Chapter ‘Reconstruction of the Nipple and Areola’ by Venkat V Ramakrishnan and Diana E.M Slade-Sharman
Presentations
(By Date)
1987
Registrar’s Meeting, Sydney, (Australia)
Presentation: Staged island flap for thumb pulp defects.
1988
General Scientific Meeting of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, Brisbane, (Australia)
Presentation: Calciphylaxis in renal patients.
1990
Nimmo prize presentations at Royal Adelaide Hospital, (Australia)
Presentation: Vascularised fibular epihyseal transfers in pigs.
1991
Essex Hand Club Meeting (UK)
Presentation: Skin cover in finger tip injuries – a perspective
1992
National Conference on Reconstructive Microsurgery, (India)
Presentation: Breast reconstruction with free TRAM flaps
Annual Meeting of Association of Plastic Surgeons of India, (India)
Presentations:
Radical septoplasty (A predictable correction of septal deviation)
Limb salvage with a salvaged free flap
1994
National Conference on Reconstructive Microsurgery, (India)
Presentation: Free gracilis dynamic muscle transfer for Volkmann’s ischaemic contracture.
1995
8th South American congress of Plastic and Aesthetic Surgery (Argentina)
Presentation: Simplified technique of Radical septoplasty
1996
British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons 3 December 1996
Presentation: Endoscopically assisted latissimus dorsi harvest for breast reconstruction
1997
British Association of Plastic Surgeons Winter Meeting, London, (UK)
Presentation: Endoscopically assisted soft tissue surgery
British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons, London, 1997 (UK)
Presentation: Endoscopically assisted latissimus harvest for breast reconstruction
1998
British Breast Group, Nottingham, UK 1998
Presentation: Twin flap technique for nipple reconstruction
SASES, Sun City, South Africa 1998
Presentation: Endoscopically assisted soft tissue surgery : a new tool for the reconstructive surgeon
International Congress of the Society for Minimal Invasive Surgery, London, UK 1998
Presentation: Assessing the role of endoscopically assisted soft tissue techniques in reconstructive surgery: An analysis of first 40 cases.
International Congress of Microsurgery, Corfu, Greece 1998
Presentations:
Deep inferior epigastric artery flap – a new flap
Videomicrosurgery – an alternative to operating microscope?
Annual Meeting of the Association of Endoscopic Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland, Edinburgh UK 1998
Guest Lecturer: Endoscopically assisted reconstructive surgery – The state of the art.
Annual conference of the Association of Plastic Surgeons of India, Calcutta, India 1998
Presentation: Free groin flaps revisited
British Association of Plastic Surgeons Winter Meeting, London, UK 1998
Presentation: Video microsurgery – A future alternative to the operating microscope
British Association of Plastic Surgeons Summer Meeting, Colchester, UK 1998
Presentation: Soft tissue endoscopy: Basic concepts of muscle harvest
1999
British Association of Plastic Surgeons Summer Meeting, Belfast, UK 1999
Presentation: Factors affecting outcome in post-mastectomy breast reconstructions
12th Congress of the International Confederation for Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic, San Francisco, USA 1999
Presentations:
Endoscopically assisted reconstruction in high risk chest wall
Optic space maintenance in soft tissue endoscopy
Winter BAPS meeting, London, UK 1999
Presentation: Scarpa fascia flap (its uses in facial augmentation)
2000
3rd Congress of the Asian Pacific Federation of Societies for the surgery of the Hand, Madras, India 2000
Presentation: Endoscope assisted harvest of Gracilis muscle for use in functional muscle transfer.
2001
BAPS Summer Meeting , Stirling UK 2001
Presentations:
Aesthetic and psychosocial outcome of immediate breast reconstructions following mastectomy.
A comparison of VY flaps and Skin grafting for lower limb defects
BAPS Summer Meeting. RCSE London UK 2001
Presentations:
The Aesthetic Outcome of Breast Reconstruction
The Aesthetic & Psychological outcome of Immediate breast reconstruction following mastectomy for breast cancer
5th Hellenic Plastic Surgery Congress, Thessaloniki, Greece November 2001
Presentations:
The Deep Inferior Epigastric Perforator (DIEP) Artery-Superficail Inferior Epigastric Vein (SIEV) Hybrid Flap.
A Comparison of Perforator based V-Y Advancement Flaps with Split-Skin grafting in reconstruction of Lower Limb Defects.
BAPS Winter Scientific Meeting. RCSE London UK 2001
Presentations: Immediate v. Delayed Breast Reconstruction
Natal Cleft Reconstruction with perforator based Flap
The Annual Meeting of the British Psychosocial Oncology Society, Royal Marsden, London, UK
December 2001
Presentation: Patient satisfaction with immediate breast reconstruction in women undergoing mastectomy for breast cancer.
2002
British Psychological Society Division of Health Psychology Annual Conference , Sheffield UK 2002
Poster Presentation: Satisfaction with immediate and delayed breast reconstruction following mastectomy for breast cancer.
BAPS Summer Scientific Meeting. Royal Free Hospital, London, UK 2002
Presentations:
The effect of immediate breast reconstruction on patient satisfaction.
Small free groin flap for reconstruction of soft tissue defects of the digits.
BAPS Winter Scientific Meeting RCSE, London, UK
Presentation: The Deep inferior Epigastric Perforator Flap (DIEP) Artery-Superficial Inferior Epigastric Vein (SIEV)Hybrid flap-
British Psychological Society Annual Conference, Blackpool, UK 2002
Presentation: Patient Adaption and satisfaction with breast reconstruction: immediate vs. delayed
2007
West Midlands National Plastic & Burns Surgery Meeting, Birmingham, UK 27 Oct 2007
Presentation: An assessment and feedback method of clinical microsurgery competence.
– awarded Douglas Murray Prize 2007 for best paper presented.
Birmingham Breast Meeting, Birmingham, UK Oct 2007
Presentation: Advance Plastic Surgery of the Breast –Lipomodelling and Vascularised Fat Transfer in Aesthetic and reconstructive surgery of the breast. – awarded Kilner Prize 2007 for best paper presented and due to be presented at 9th Congress of the European Federation of Microsurgical Societies, June 12-14 2008 Turku, Finland.
BAPRAS Winter Scientific Meeting, London, UK 5 Dec 2007
Presentations:
Vascularised fat reconstruction after risk reducing mastectomy
Advance Plastic Surgery of the Breast –Lipomodelling and Vascularised Fat Transfer in Aesthetic and reconstructive surgery of the breast.
14th International Congress of IPRAS, Berlin, Germany 26-30 June 2007.
Presentation: Concepts and our experience in developmental breast asymmetry.
BSSH annual meeting, London UK 2007
Presentation: Management and operative sequence of DIEP flap.
2nd Breast reconstruction Course for Nurses, RCS, London, UK 29 October 2007
2008
Cambridge Breast Reconstruction, Cambridge, UK 2008
Presentation: The state of the art Essex Breast audit .
Indian Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery New Delhi, India 22-24 Feb 2008
Presentations:
Reconstructive Microsurgery Past, Present & Future
DIEP Flaps
TUG flap reconstruction & breast
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Conjoint Annual Scientific Congress of the Royal Australian College of Surgeons and The College of Surgeons of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 12-16 May 2008
Keynote Speaker:
Analysis of Perforator Flaps.
Breast Reconstruction Symposium DIEP Flaps.
Obtaining perfect results from perforator flaps.
Masterclass: Perforator Flap Dissection Course.
2nd Hong Kong International Burns and Wound Healing Symposium , Hong Kong 17-19 May 2008
Lectures:
Perforator Flaps in Breast Reconstruction.
Breast Augmentation-How to do it.
Minor Surgery Workshop.
Perforator Course, Coimbatore, India 9-12 September 2008
Deputy Secretary General & Chief Scientific Committee
Guest Lecture: Circulation in Perforator Flaps
2009
Tibia Masterclass RCS London, UK 11-12 March 2009
Presentation: Flaps-When and What.
Breast Screening Nurses Study Day,Robinson College, Cambridge, UK 11 May 2009
Presentation: Prophylactic mastectomy and breast reconstruction.
Smith and Nephew Burns Training Week-Broomfield Hospital, Chelmsford, Essex, UK 23 June 2009
Presentation: Lecture-Reconstruction and Grafting.
Breast Reconstruction Nurses Study Day, Furze Hill, Brentwood, Essex, UK 27 June 2009
Presentation: DIEP and TUG flap.
44th Apsicon Annual Conference, Chennai, India 5-9 August 2009
Presentations:
Susruta Oration
Liposculpturing
Clash of the Titans-debate on Breast Reconstruction
University of Sassari, Sardinia 31 August-4 September 2009.
Position of visiting Professor
DIEP Masterclass
Presentations: DIEP, TUG, free flaps for lower leg trauma.
GP Learning Programme, Nuffield Health Hospital, Brentwood UK 6 October 2009
Presentation: Breast Reconstruction
The Douglas Murray Prize & Mercian Travelling Fellowship Award, University Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, UK 31October 2009
Presentations:
Microsurgery-Past, Present and Future.
Microsurgical reconstruction of the Breast
4th Breast Reconstruction for Nurses-State of the Art, RCS, London, UK 6 November 2009
Presentation: How to do a DIEP flap
BHHS Autumn Scientific Meeting, Nottingham, UK 13 November 2009
Presentation: Free Tissue Transfers for Resurfacing of the Upper Limb
‘Train the Trainer’- Broomfield Hospital,Chelmsford, Essex UK 28 November 2009
Attended all day course on teaching essential training skills.
2010
‘Shaping the Future of the Breast’ Mentor, Birmingham, UK 25 March 2010
Presentation: Enhanced projection: augmentation with adjustable implants.
Joint Congress of the Association of Surgeons of India and The Royal College Surgeons England Bangalore, India 12–14 May 2010.
Presentation: Masterclass in Breast Reconstruction
21st Annual EURAPS Meeting & One Day Symposium on “How Science and Industry will affect your practice -now!” Manchester, UK May 27-29, 2010
Presentation - ‘Da Vinci Surgical System’
Modern Concepts – Breast Aesthetics and Reconstruction Meeting Coventry, UK 8 - 10 July 2010
Presentations ‘TUG Flap’, ‘Delivery of High Volume DIEP services in the UK’, ‘DIEP Flaps in patients with limited abdominal tissue and/or larger breasts
Shaping the Future of the Breast- ‘A Reconstruction Masterclass’- Mentor, Birmingham, UK 12 October 2010
Presentation: Tips and Tricks for a Great Aesthetic Result-Free Flaps with implant
Debate: Which is the Gold Standard Breast Reconstruction?
13th International Course on Perforator Flaps-Mexico City Hospital, Mexico City, Mexico 27 - 30 October 2010
Presentations:
The DIEP flap, step by step.
Report from the 12th International Course on Perforator Flaps in Combaitore, India.
Non-invasive Assessment of vascular compromise in free perforator flaps, via the Pulsatile index (PI) using a hand held continuous wave Doppler ultrasound’.
Session Chair: Free Paper session & Morning Lecture Session
Live Demonstration of Surgical technique
5th Annual Breast Reconstruction for Nurses Course-Royal College of Surgeons London, UK 19 November 2010.
Presentation: TUG flap
2011
Madras State Medical Association Annual Meeting, London, UK 1 May 2011
Presentation: Symposium on Recent Advances in Medicine & Surgery
BAPRAS Summer Scientific Meeting, Oxford, 8 July 2011
Session chair
Breast Symposium, Department of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Royal Adelaide Hospital Australia 9-10 August 2011
Cadaver Breast Reconstruction Workshop-Video presentation ‘TUG Flap’
Presentations:
DIEP Flaps in Slimmer Patients
Microcirculation in DIEP Flaps
Delivery of A High Volume DIEP Service
46th Annual Conference of the Association of Plastic Surgeons of India,Coimbatore,India 7-11 September 2011
Live Surgery Demonstration
Guest Lecturer: Achieving Excellence in Breast Reconstruction
Mentor Reconstruction Summit – Windsor, UK 15-16 December 2011
Presentation: MDT approach in Breast Cancer Care
2012
Mentor Meeting, Chennai, India 6-8 February 2012
Presentations:
Breast Reconstruction-the state of play.
Myths about implant based reconstruction.
Duke Breast Perforator Course, Durham, North Carolina, USA 25- 26 February 2012
Faculty member
Presentations:
Demonstration of the flap dissection
Lecture on TMG/TUG Flaps
BAPRAS Advanced Educational Courses in Plastic Surgery, Course 6: Breast Reconstruction, Manchester, UK 18-19 April 2012
Faculty member
Presentation: TUG Flaps in Breast Reconstruction
1st International Congress of The Association of Breast Surgeons of India- Absicon 2012. Hyderabad, India 19-20 May 2012
Guest Lecturer
Presentations:
The state of art in breast reconstruction
Guidelines on breast reconstruction
Inaugural meeting of International Microsurgery Simulation Society. Queen Mary’s University, London, UK 30 June 2012
Modern Concepts ‘Body Sculpting and Trunk Reconstruction’ Coventry, UK 3-5 October 2012
Faculty Member
Presentations: Microsurgical reconstruction of difficult chest wall surgery
Sydney International Breast Cancer Congress 2012 Conference Sydney, Australia 23-28 October 2012
Keynote Speaker,Presentations:
How I do an LD flap reconstruction?
Lipofilling: Is Australia ready: The How, When & Why.
The DIEP flap-evolution, training and service delivery
Oncoplastic Surgery ‘What’s happening in the UK?
Breast Surgery: Reconstruction Options’
6th Breast Reconstruction for Nurses, Royal College of Surgeons, London, UK 5 November 2012
Presentation: Immediate and delayed reconstruction options following mastectomy
Reconstructive & Aesthetic Breast Surgery ‘Controversies & Technical Challenges’, Anglia Ruskin University, Chelmsford, Essex UK 16-17 November 2012
Faculty Member
Presentations: Implant Adjuncts: Mesh.
Advanced Chest Wall Malignancy- Resurfacing Strategies.
Slimmer Patient Alternatives- DIEPS bi pedicled, stacked plus implants.
Chair: Service Delivery of DIEPs, Augmentation.
BAPRAS Winter Scientific Meeting, RCS London UK 4-7 December 2012
Faculty Member
Presentations:
Free Flap Breast reconstruction- ‘Avoiding pitfalls and improving aesthetic outcomes’
Perforator flaps in chest wall and breast reconstruction
2013
Barcelona Breast Meeting- ‘Redfining Breast Surgery: Sharing experience and building knowledge’ Hospital de la Santa Creu I Sant Pau, Barcelona Spain 13-15 March 2013
Faculty Member
Presentations:
DIEP flaps in a slimmer patient
The use of implants with free tissue transfer in breast reconstruction
BAPRAS Advanced Educational Courses in Plastic Surgery: Course 7 Cosmetic Breast Surgery, Manchester UK 14-15 April 2013
Faculty Member
Presentations:
Concepts in management of developmental breast asymmetry
Mentor Breast Team Symposium: A patient centric breast reconstruction approach for the optimum outcomes focusing on science and quality
Research-ongoing
1. Training a Competent Microsurgeon in the 21st Surgery - Advancing the Learning Curve of Trainees in Performing Microvascular Anastomosis in the Axilla-combined with Imperial College.
2. The Evaluation and Comparison of the Psychological Outcomes Resulting after Mastectomy and by Immediate Breast Reconstruction of the Breast after Mastectomy-supported by £25000 grant from Basildon & Thurrock Health Authority.
3. Evaluation of tensile strength & aesthetic outcome in use of Primeo tape-(Ethicon) Primary Investigator for FDA approval submission studies.
4. Evaluation of Perforator dissection using Harmonic scalpel (Ethicon endosurgery) in DIEP flaps.