Biography and Research Interest

Orthopaedic and Spine Surgery;
Disease models and mechanisms;
Genetics of Orthopaedic conditions;
Developmental Biology

Publications

Non-Zebrafish Publications

Kotb MM, Omar UF, Kaliya-Perumal AK. Living with Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva: Radiological Images of a Patient with Extensive Heterotopic Ossification. Diagnostics. 2023; 13(10):1711.

Song J, Betzler BK, Kaliya-Perumal AK, Oh JYL. Prevalence of Lumbosacral Transition Vertebrae in Symptomatic Adults and the Levels of Degeneration in the Suprajacent Disc. Surgeries. 2023; 4(1):120-126.

Soh TLT, Loh NLK, Ho SWL, Kaliya-Perumal AK, Kau CY. Short-Term Functional Outcomes of Unicompartmental versus Total Knee Arthroplasty in an Asian Population. Rheumato. 2023; 3(1):1-7.

Yap WMQ, Tan LQ, Loh DDL, Kaliya-Perumal AK, Nolan CP, Oh JYL. Risk Factors for Adjacent Segment Problems after Posterior Instrumentation of the Cervical Spine. Surgeries. 2022; 3(4):347-356.

Wong NHP, Kaliya-Perumal AK, Soh TLT. Spontaneous Development and Resolution of Cervical Epidural Haematoma: a Case Report. SN Compr Clin Med. 2022;4:216.

Yang JCR, Chiu ST, Oh JYL, Kaliya-Perumal AK. Selective Nerve Root Block in Treatment of Lumbar Radiculopathy: A Narrative Review. Surgeries. 2022; 3(3):259-270.

Hoong WTJ, Kaliya-Perumal AK. Multiple Clay Shoveler’s Fractures of the Thoracic Spine. Diagnostics. 2022; 12(9):2190.

Wong RA, Tan QR, Omar UF, Kaliya-Perumal AK. Uncovering career alternatives amidst the COVID-19 pandemic: a medical student's perspective. Public Health. 2021;200:e8-e9.

Tan CMP, Soh TLT, Kaliya-Perumal AK, Tan TL. Navigation in total knee arthroplasty: the resident's friend or foe? Singapore Med J. 2021.

Tan CMP, Kaliya-Perumal AK, Ho GWK, Oh JY. Postoperative Urinary Retention Following Thoracolumbosacral Spinal Fusion: Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Outcomes. Cureus. 2021;13(11):e19724.

Soh TLT, Kho KC, Lim ZK, Tandon AA, Kaliya-Perumal AK, Oh JY. Morphological Parameters of the Thoracic Pedicle in an Asian Population: A Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Based Study of 3324 Pedicles. Global Spine J. 2021;11(4):437-41.

Kaliya-Perumal AK, Soh TLT, Tan M, Oh JY. Early Postoperative Loss of Disc Height Following Transforaminal and Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion: A Radiographic Analysis. Asian Spine J. 2021.

Kaliya-Perumal AK, Korlakunta A, Kharlukhi J, Devireddy S. A Novel Scale for Assessing the Burden of Caregiving for Functionally Compromised Patients: Proposal and Validation. Korean J Fam Med. 2021;42(1):31-7.

Kaliya-Perumal AK, Oh JYL. Parathyroid Hormone Therapy in Management of Osteoporosis Before and After Spine Surgery. Osteoporosis of the Spine 2021. p. 657-79.

Gan G, Kaliya-Perumal AK, Yu CS, Nolan CP, Oh JY. Spinal Navigation for Cervical Pedicle Screws: Surgical Pearls and Pitfalls. Global Spine J. 2021;11(2):196-202.

Decruz J, Kaliya-Perumal AK, Wong KH, Kumar DS, Yang EW, Oh JY. Neuromonitoring in Cervical Spine Surgery: When Is a Signal Drop Clinically Significant? Asian Spine J. 2021;15(3):317-23.

Cheng GHM, Yap WMQ, Kaliya-Perumal AK, Oh JY. Correction of degenerative lumbar coronal deformity using asymmetrical interbody cages: Surgical technique and case report. J Craniovertebr Junction Spine. 2021;12(4):432-6.

Yuan W, Kaliya-Perumal AK, Chou SM, Oh JY. Does Lumbar Interbody Cage Size Influence Subsidence? A Biomechanical Study. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2020;45(2):88-95.

Ong ET, Yeo LK, Kaliya-Perumal AK, Oh JY. Orthostatic Hypotension Following Cervical Spine Surgery: Prevalence and Risk Factors. Global Spine J. 2020;10(5):578-82.

Omar UF, Kharlukhi J, Kaliya-Perumal AK. Time to include pandemic preparedness training to healthcare curriculum. Med Educ Online. 2020;25(1):1820229.

Oh JL, Yeo Q, Kaliya-Perumal AK. Psoriasis complicating wound healing after minimally invasive lumbar spinal fusion. Indian Spine J. 2020;3(2):265-270.

Oh JL, Kaliya-Perumal AK. Technological advancements that can be adopted for performing a safe vertebral column resection. Indian Spine J. 2020;3(2):258-264.

Ng JP, Kaliya-Perumal AK, Tandon AA, Oh JY. The Oblique Corridor at L4-L5: A Radiographic-Anatomical Study Into the Feasibility for Lateral Interbody Fusion. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2020;45(10):E552-E9.

Luo CA, Lu ML, Kaliya-Perumal AK, Chen LH, Chen WJ, Niu CC. Degenerative cervical myelopathy presenting as subjective lower limb weakness could be a trap towards misdiagnosis. Sci Rep. 2020;10(1):21188.

Kaliya-Perumal AK, Soh TLT, Tan M, Oh JY. Factors Influencing Early Disc Height Loss Following Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion. Asian Spine J. 2020;14(5):601-7.

Kaliya-Perumal AK, Omar UF, Kharlukhi J. Healthcare virtualization amid COVID-19 pandemic: an emerging new normal. Med Educ Online. 2020;25(1):1780058.

Kaliya-Perumal AK, Oh JY. Spontaneous Total Resolution of Severe Lumbar Disc Herniation. Chonnam Med J. 2020;56(1):77-8.

Kaliya-Perumal AK, Ng JPH, Soh TLT, Yap WMQ, Tan M, Yu CS, et al. Reliability of the new modified Moro's classification and oblique corridor grading to assess the feasibility of oblique lumbar interbody fusion. J Orthop. 2020;21:321-5.

Kaliya-Perumal AK, Kharlukhi J, Omar UF. COVID-19 experience reports: an emerging trend in scholarly communication. Public Health. 2020;185:49-50.

Kaliya-Perumal AK, Kharlukhi J, Omar UF. The second wave of COVID-19: time to think of strategic stockpiles. Can J Public Health. 2020;111(4):486-7.

Kaliya-Perumal AK, Carney TJ, Ingham PW. Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva: current concepts from bench to bedside. Dis Model Mech. 2020;13(9).

Ding BTK, Kaliya-Perumal AK, Oh JY, Yu CS. Prospective Evaluation of the Time Required for Insertion of 380 Lumbar and Sacral Pedicle Screws Using Navigation with an Intraoperative 3-Dimensional Imaging System. Int J Spine Surg. 2020;14(3):368-74.

Chong XL, Kumar A, Yang EWR, Kaliya-Perumal AK, Oh JY. Incidence of pedicle breach following open and minimally invasive spinal instrumentation: A postoperative CT analysis of 513 pedicle screws applied under fluoroscopic guidance. Biomedicine (Taipei). 2020;10(2):30-5.

Chan SSJ, Kaliya-Perumal AK, Yeo QY, Oh JYL. Transverse myelitis masquerading as cauda equina syndrome, stroke and cervical myelopathy. Biomedicine (Taipei). 2020;10(1):45-50.

Attia AK, Omar UF, Kaliya-Perumal AK. A Review of Guidelines to Resuming Elective Orthopaedic Surgeries Amid COVID-19 Pandemic: Deriving a Simple Traffic Light Model. Malays Orthop J. 2020;14(3):10-15.

Kaliya-Perumal AK , Fu TS, Niu CC, Lai PL. “Less is More” for low grade lumbar spondylolytic spondylolisthesis. Acta Ortop Belg. 2020;86:117-23.

Wong KP, Kaliya-Perumal AK, Oh J. Orthopaedic Resident Burnout: A Literature Review on Vulnerability, Risk Factors, Consequences and Management Strategies. Malays Orthop J. 2019;13(2):15-9.

Tan JY, Kaliya-Perumal AK, Oh JY. Is Spinal Surgery Safe for Elderly Patients Aged 80 and Above? Predictors of Mortality and Morbidity in an Asian Population. Neurospine. 2019;16(4):764-9.

Soon EL, Leong AZ, Chiew J, Kaliya-Perumal AK, Yu CS, Oh JY. Factors Impacting Mortality in Geriatric Patients with Acute Spine Fractures: A 12-Year Study of 613 Patients in Singapore. Asian Spine J. 2019;13(4):563-8.

Oh JY, Wang VT, Teo TWW, Kaliya-Perumal AK, Hee HT. Ossification of the yellow ligament in the cervical spine - an unusual location. Biomedicine (Taipei). 2019;9(2):14.

Luo CA, Kaliya-Perumal AK, Lu ML, Chen LH, Chen WJ, Niu CC. Staged surgery for tandem cervical and lumbar spinal stenosis: Which should be treated first? Eur Spine J. 2019;28(1):61-8.

Lee MJ, Kaliya-Perumal AK, Oh JY. Unusual Atlantoaxial Stenosis Adjacent to Long Segment Cervical Spinal Fusion. Ann Acad Med Singap. 2019;48(12):439-41.

Kaliya-Perumal AK, Tan M, Tee SW, Achudan S, Yap WM, Oh JYL. Early post-surgical recurrence of metastatic vertebral neuro-endocrine tumour treated effectively with chemo-radiotherapy. Biomedicine (Taipei). 2019;9(1):5.

Kaliya-Perumal AK, Tan M, Nolan CP, Oh JY. Post-surgical thoracic spinal cord herniation following an unrepaired dural defect: a rare complication. Br J Neurosurg. 2019:1-4.

Kaliya-Perumal AK, Soh T, Tan M, Nolan CP, Yu CS, Oh JY. Spinal Navigation during Orthopedic Residency Training: A Double-Edged Sword? Clin Orthop Surg. 2019;11(2):170-5.

Kaliya-Perumal AK, Limthongkul W, Oh JY. Utilization of Spinal Navigation to Facilitate Hassle-Free Rod Placement during Minimally-Invasive Long-Construct Posterior Instrumentation. Asian Spine J. 2019;13(3):511-4.

Chen ZX, Kaliya-Perumal AK, Niu CC, Wang JL, Lai PL. In Vitro Biomechanical Validation of a Self-Adaptive Ratchet Growing Rod Construct for Fusionless Scoliosis Correction. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2019;44(21):E1231-E40.

Kaliya-Perumal AK, Niu CC, Chuang WY, Tsai TT. Rapid onset debilitating illness with multiple vertebral lesions: A confounding diagnosis of peripheral T-cell lymphoma. Indian Spine J. 2018;1(2):140-143.

Kaliya-Perumal AK, Yeh YC, Niu CC, Chen LH, Chen WJ, Lai PL. Is Convex Derotation Equally Effective as Concave Derotation for Achieving Adequate Correction of Selective Lenke's Type- 1 Scoliosis? Indian J Orthop. 2018;52(4):363-8.

Kaliya-Perumal AK, Tan M, Oh JYL. A rare case of extensive cervico-thoracic ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament causing myelopathy. Biomedicine (Taipei). 2018;8(4):27.

Kaliya-Perumal AK, Luo CA, Yeh YC, Tsai YF, Chen MJ, Tsai TT. Reliability of the Michigan State University (Msu) Classification of Lumbar Disc Herniation. Acta Ortop Bras. 2018;26(6):411-4.

Kaliya-Perumal AK, Lin TY. Clinical outcomes of percutaneous vertebroplasty for selective single segment dorsolumbar vertebral compression fractures. J Clin Orthop Trauma. 2018;9(Suppl 1):S140-S4.

Kaliya-Perumal AK, Ariputhiran-Tamilselvam SK, Luo CA, Thiagarajan S, Selvam U, Sumathi-Edirolimanian RP. Revalidating Pfirrmann's Magnetic Resonance Image-Based Grading of Lumbar Nerve Root Compromise by Calculating Reliability among Orthopaedic Residents. Clin Orthop Surg. 2018;10(2):210-5.

Tsai TT, Kaliya-Perumal AK, Jenq CC, Niu CC, Ho NY, Lee TY, et al. The unresolved problem of beta-2 microglobulin amyloid deposits in the intervertebral discs of long-term dialysis patients. J Orthop Surg Res. 2017;12(1):194.

Kaliya-Perumal AK, Yeh YC, Luo CA, Joey-Tan KY. Assessment of Anteroposterior Subpedicular Approach and Oblique Scotty Dog Subpedicular Approach for Selective Nerve Root Block. Clin Orthop Surg. 2017;9(1):71-6.

Kaliya-Perumal AK, Lu ML, Luo CA, Tsai TT, Lai PL, Chen LH, et al. Retrospective radiological outcome analysis following teriparatide use in elderly patients undergoing multilevel instrumented lumbar fusion surgery. Medicine (Baltimore). 2017;96(5):e5996.

Kaliya-Perumal AK, Lu ML, Kao FC, Niu CC. Delayed extensive lumbar sub-dural effusion following discectomy - Clinical imaging and case report. Biomedicine (Taipei). 2017;7(1):6.

Kaliya-Perumal AK, Charng JR, Niu CC, Tsai TT, Lai PL, Chen LH, et al. Intraoperative electromyographic monitoring to optimize safe lumbar pedicle screw placement - a retrospective analysis. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2017;18(1):229.