Alistair K. Jukes is a neurosurgeon based in Adelaide, South Australia, working in Head and Neck Surgery. His focus is on operations on the brain and nearby areas, using approaches that aim to get the right access while being careful with surrounding tissue.
In day-to-day practice, he looks after people with conditions that can affect the brain’s key structures, including different types of brain tumours. This can include pituitary and hypothalamic tumours, meningiomas, and other growths in the posterior fossa. At times, surgery is also needed for cysts and lesions, along with cases that involve hormone related tumours such as prolactinomas and other neuroendocrine tumours.
He also works on problems related to cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leaks. These can be tricky, and the goal is to close the leak and support healing. In many cases, he uses an endoscopic transnasal transsphenoidal approach, which is a way of reaching certain areas through the nose.
Some of his work is also linked to the blood supply around the brain and neck. This can involve carotid artery disease and carotid artery surgery, and in some situations thrombectomy for selected cases. He handles referrals where the details matter, and where imaging and careful planning are part of the process.
Beyond that, he treats conditions that affect nerves and the spinal cord, such as cervical myelopathy, and he performs procedures like posterior fossa decompression when it’s needed. He can also be involved in surgery for infections that reach the brain area, including empyema, and for other growths such as epidermoid cysts and ganglioglioma.
Alistair’s training includes medical and surgical education to prepare for neurosurgery. Any research or clinical trial work is not listed in the information here, so it may depend on individual hospital projects and current study availability.
If you’re being referred, it’s usually because the case is complex and needs a steady, surgical approach. The aim is clear: help reduce symptoms where possible and support safer outcomes through careful surgery and follow-up.