Dr Jayakumar TK

Trainee in Pediatric Surgery. Amateur photographer & medical illustrator.

Immensely interested in photography. Spending time in photography feels like meditation. Peers tell me that I'm good at it. Find me on Instagram :)

Published medical illustrations in IAPS Textbook of Pediatric Surgery. Provided illustrations for publications for other department specialists (Neurosurgery, anesthesia) as well.

Textbook Chapters: (in the process of publication)

• Systemic Chemotherapy in Wilms tumor
• Recurrent Wilms Tumor

Systematic reviews:

• Systematic review and meta-analysis of vascular hitch efficacy for pelviureteric junction obstruction due to lower pole crossing vessels (Journal of Pediatric Endoscopic Surgery)

Original articles:

• Outcomes of Early Oral Feeding Compared To Delayed Feeding In Children After Elective Distal Bowel Anastomosis (Accepted for publication, Tropical Gastroenterology)
• Point Of Care Improvement in Pediatric Surgical Ward Rounds After Implementation of Checklist (Under pee review)

Case reports:

• An Unusual Case of Choledochal Cyst (European Journal of Pediatric Surgery Reports)
• Wristband circumferential ulcer -ignored elastic beneath holy thread
• Thoracoscopic removal of a retained foreign body in lung after penetrating trauma, International Journal of Scientific Research
• Management of Gorham–Stout disease presenting as intractable pleural effusion in an adolescent: A case report and review of literature (Oncology Journal of India)
• Single perineal opening with ‘H-type’ cecovesical fistula and blind-ending foreshortened distal colon: a new variant of persistent cloaca (BMJ Case reports)
• Organ preserving laparoscopic resection of bladder rhabdomyosarcoma in a child (Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports)

Correspondences:

• Thoracic versus abdominal approach to correct diaphragmatic eventration in children (Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 2020 April)
• What is the appropriate aganglionic bowel length on contrast enema for attempting single stage transanal endorectal pull-through in Hirschsprung disease? (Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 2020 October)
• Effect of continuous antibiotic prophylaxis in children with postoperative JJ stents: A prospective randomized study (Journal of Pediatric Urology, 2020 December)
• The clinical manifestations of intermittent hydronephrosis and their relationship with renal function in pediatric patients (Journal of Pediatric Urology, January 2021)
• Outcomes of event-free survival in patients with Wilms tumor undergoing preoperative chemotherapy. Analysis of lymph-node yield in a single-center cohort (Journal of Pediatric Urology, January 2021)
• Clinical diagnostic predictive score for Meckel diverticulum (Journal of Pediatric Urology, July 2021)
• Recurrence after laparoscopic high ligation in adolescents: A multi-center international retrospective study of ten hospitals (Journal of Pediatric Surgery, July 2021)
• Clinical diagnostic predictive score for Meckel diverticulum (Journal of Pediatric Urology, July 2021)

• Pediatric Cushing's syndrome due to Ectopic ACTH syndrome- A diagnostic riddle to solve (SOSCON, Goa, 2018)
• A new variant of Choledochal cyst (IAPSCON, Chandigarh, 2018)
• Initial management of cloacal exstrophy: A case report (IAPSCON, Chandigarh, 2018)
• Challenges faced by pediatric surgeons in the management of a rare entity: Gorham Stout disease, (AAPS, Dubai, 2018)
• Laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair in children: To cut or not to cut that is the question (AAPS, Dubai, 2018)
• Laparoscopic removal of testicular remnant in impalpable testis: How we do it (PESICON, Jodhpur, 2019)
• Analyzing incidence and clinical impact of genitourinary anomalies in Anorectal malformations and esophageal atresia/Tracheo-esophageal fistula cases by VACTERL screening: An institutional experience (SPUCON, Hyderabad, 2019)
• Expedited feeding regimen after restoring bowel continuity in children (WOFAPS, Qatar, 2019)
• Impact of standardized VACTERL screening for associated anomalies in anorectal malformation and Esophageal Atresia/Tracheoesophageal fistula cases in a newly established tertiary health Centre (WOFAPS, Qatar, 2019)
• Outcomes of early oral feeding compared to delayed feeding in distal bowel anastomoses (IAPSCON, 2020)
• Point-of-care improvement in pediatric surgery ward rounds after implementation of a checklist (IAPSCON, 2020)