Our Services
My professional philosophy is to always put the best interests of my patients first, to never compromise on quality and safety and, when operating, to minimise any disturbance to the natural tissues of the head and spine.
Vini Khurana
PLEASE NOTE: This page is now a legacy Webpage; please visit www.cnsmedicolegal.com.au for Dr Khurana’s up-to-date details, work and contact information
Dr Khurana:
- Welcomes in-person neurosurgery consultations and second opinions* at our various professional Rooms locations throughout south-eastern Australia (for advice/onward referral only)
- Is a specialist telehealth/tele-med provider certified by the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, and offers Zoom-based tele-medicine / tele-health consultations to patients located throughout Australia and overseas
- Also consults privately via CNS Medicolegal as an independent medicolegal expert
- Provides free and ready access to high quality, comprehensive and reader-friendly neurosurgery educational information via links on our Resources page
- Can facilitate access by onward referral to high-level multi-disciplinary care through an excellent network of colleagues in VIC and NSW/ACT (anesthesia, cardiology, endocrinology, ENT, interventional neuro/radiology, neurology, oncology, ophthalmology, pain management, peri-operative care, radiology, rehabilitation, respiratory & sleep medicine)
- Is happy to provide recommendations for onward expert referral/treatment for certain operations & circumstances
The conditions Dr Khurana consults upon (listed in alphabetical order) include:
- Aneurysms of the Brain
- Arnold Chiari Malformation (Chiari decompression)
- Arteriovenous Malformations (AVM)
- Benign Brain Tumours such as Meningioma & Schwannoma
(acoustic neuroma) - Brain Cancer & Gliomas
(GBM, anaplastic astrocytomas & oligodendrogliomas; metastases) - Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (carpal tunnel decompression)
- Cavernous Malformation (cavernoma)
- Cervical and Lumbar Spondylosis (discectomy, spinal stenosis – decompression, rhizolysis, spinal instrumentation with spinal cages and artificial discs; spinal fusion vs. arthroplasty)
- Cysts of the Brain (including arachnoid cyst, colloid cyst, dermoid and epidermoid cysts & Rathke’s cleft cyst)
- Hydrocephalus (NPH, VP shunts) & Low Pressure Syndromes and the latest shunt technologies for Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension aka pseudotumor cerebri
- Pituitary Adenoma
- Traumatic Brain Injury (cranial repair & reconstruction), Concussion,Post Concussion Syndrome and Spine or Spinal Cord injury (work, motor vehicle accidents, sports)
- Trigeminal Neuralgia & Hemifacial Spasm (microvascular decompression – MVD)
Dr Khurana’s subspecialty training, experience & interests include:
- Brain microsurgery, including trigeminal neuralgia (facial pain/MVD) surgery
- Awake craniotomy / Awake brain surgery (tumours, cavernomas)
- Minimal-footprint spinal cages and artificial discs
- Mazor Robot and patient-specific 3D guides for spinal instrumentation procedures
- Minimally invasive surgical techniques that minimise interference with natural biological tissues
- State-of-the-art technology including advances in craniospinal navigation and robotics
- Private and expert medicolegal consulting via CNS Medicolegal
- Tele-medicine / Tele-health (first Australian surgeon to be RACS-certified for the provision of such services)
- Aerospace medicine, including medical management advice for pilots/flight crew with brain and spine-related (neurosurgically relevant) diagnoses
*PLEASE NOTE: If you are referred by a GP or specialist to Dr Khurana, the letter from Dr Khurana will go to the referring doctor, and cannot be directed by you or a third party to be for ‘non-disclosure’ to the referring doctor.