British Journal of Neurosurgery, Volume 33, Issue 1 (2019)

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British Journal of Neurosurgery, Volume 33, Issue 1 (2019)

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Editorial

Editorial
Trends, past current and future
Patrick Mitchell
Pages: 1-2
Published online: 05 Feb 2019
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Original Article

Article
Comparison of clinical outcomes in anterior cervical discectomy versus foraminotomy for brachialgia
Mitchell T. Foster, Nicholas P. Carleton-Bland, Maggie K. Lee, Richard Jackson, Simon R. Clark & Martin J. Wilby
Pages: 3-7
Published online: 19 Nov 2018
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Article
Pooling and patient satisfaction in non-instrumented lumbar decompressive surgery
Jane Halliday & Daniel Holsgrove
Pages: 8-11
Published online: 19 Nov 2018
AbstractforPooling and patient satisfaction in non-instrumented lumbar decompressive surgery | Full Text | References | PDF (433.9 KB) | EPUB
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Article
High frequency of lumbar fusion in patients denied surgical treatment of the sacroiliac joint
Vicente Vanaclocha-Vanaclocha, Juan Manuel Herrera, Nieves Sáiz-Sapena, Marlon Rivera-Paz & Francisco Verdú-López
Pages: 12-16
Published online: 19 Nov 2018
AbstractforHigh frequency of lumbar fusion in patients denied surgical treatment of the sacroiliac joint | Full Text | References | PDF (773 KB) | EPUB
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Risk factors related to adjacent segment degeneration: retrospective observational cohort study and survivorship analysis of adjacent unfused segments
Jose Ramirez-Villaescusa, Jesús López-Torres Hidalgo, Antonio Martin-Benlloch, David Ruiz-Picazo & Francisco Gomar-Sancho
Pages: 17-24
Published online: 13 Oct 2018
AbstractforRisk factors related to adjacent segment degeneration: retrospective observational cohort study and survivorship analysis of adjacent unfused segments | Full Text | References | PDF (1.4 MB) | EPUB | Supplemental
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Article
Non traumatic vertebral lesions: incremental utility of PET-CT over MRI and FNAC in a suggested diagnostic algorithm
Rajesh Meena, Ashish Aggarwal, Anish Bhattacharya, Vivek Gupta, Sivashanmugam Dhandapani & Rajesh Chhabra
Pages: 25-29
Published online: 10 Mar 2017
AbstractforNon traumatic vertebral lesions: incremental utility of PET-CT over MRI and FNAC in a suggested diagnostic algorithm | Full Text | References | PDF (1.3 MB) | EPUB
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Letter to the Editor

Letter
Current state of integration of neurosurgical and orthopaedic spine services in the UK
Mark Nowell, Almas Khan & Peter Loughenbury
Page: 30
Published online: 19 Nov 2018
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Original Articles

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Long-term pain relief at five years after medical, repeat surgical procedures or no management for recurrence of trigeminal neuralgia after microvascular decompression: analysis of a historical cohort
Daniyal J. Jafree & Joanna M. Zakrzewska
Pages: 31-36
Published online: 19 Nov 2018
AbstractforLong-term pain relief at five years after medical, repeat surgical procedures or no management for recurrence of trigeminal neuralgia after microvascular decompression: analysis of a historical cohort | Full Text | References | PDF (944.6 KB) | EPUB | Supplemental
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Original Article

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Surgical treatment of pineal cysts in non-hydrocephalic and neurologically intact patients: selection of surgical candidates and clinical outcome
Andrzej Koziarski, Andrzej Podgórski & Grzegorz M. Zieliński
Pages: 37-42
Published online: 19 Nov 2018
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Article

Article
The role of ABO blood groups in glial neoplasms
Ali Alkan, Gözde Yazıcı, Mustafa Cengiz, Yusuf Karakaş, İsmail Çelik, Ayşe Kars & Faruk Zorlu
Pages: 43-46
Published online: 04 Nov 2018
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Education Report

Report
Neurosurgical aspects of abusive head trauma management in children: a review for the training neurosurgeon
S. Fitzpatrick & P. Leach
Pages: 47-50
Published online: 24 Oct 2018
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Original Article

Article
Do older patients with acute or subacute subdural hematoma benefit from surgery?
Sander Bus, Dagmar Verbaan, Bertjan J. Kerklaan, Marieke E.S. Sprengers, William P. Vandertop, Jan Stam, Gerrit J. Bouma & Pepijn van den Munckhof
Pages: 51-57
Published online: 13 Oct 2018
AbstractforDo older patients with acute or subacute subdural hematoma benefit from surgery? | Full Text | References | PDF (824.8 KB) | EPUB
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Open Access

Review Article

Review Article
The autoimmune basis of hypopituitarism in traumatic brain injury: fiction or reality?
Viraat Harsh, Sukriti Jha, Hitesh Kumar & Anil Kumar
Pages: 58-61
Published online: 17 Jan 2019
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Article

Article
Ventriculo-peritoneal shunting is a safe and effective treatment for idiopathic intracranial hypertension
Anna Bjornson, Ian Tapply, Eva Nabbanja, Afrodite-Despina Lalou, Marek Czosnyka, Zofia Czosnyka, Brinda Muthusamy & Matthew Garnett
Pages: 62-70
Published online: 17 Jan 2019
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Original Article

Article
Idiopathic intracranial hypertension VISION (venous intervention versus shunting in IIH for optic nerve disc swelling) trial: patient perspective questionnaire
Arun Chandran, Heinke Pulhorn & Catherine McMahon
Pages: 71-75
Published online: 21 Sep 2017
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Article
Undergraduate neurosurgical conferences – what role do they play?
John Hanrahan, Charlotte Burford, Ali Ansaripour, Brandon Smith, Katie Sysum, Kapil Mohan Rajwani, Marian Huett & Bassel Zebian
Pages: 76-78
Published online: 19 Nov 2018
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Letter to the Editor

Letter
Designing undergraduate neurosurgical e-learning: medical students’ perspective
C. Burford, A. Guni, K. Rajan, J. Hanrahan, M. Armitage, A. Driscoll, C. Southey, J. H. Moon & A. S. Pandit
Page: 79
Published online: 03 Oct 2018
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Original Article

Article
Prospective study evaluating post-operative central nervous system infections following cranial surgery
Yi-Fang Ma, Liang Wen & Yu Zhu
Pages: 80-83
Published online: 03 Oct 2018
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Technical Note

Note
Two–level reverse Bohlman transsoseous approach for treatment of symptomatic pseudarthrosis
Katie L. Krause, Caitlin DeDeaux, Enjae Jung & Khoi D. Than
Pages: 84-87
Published online: 06 Dec 2018
AbstractforTwo–level reverse Bohlman transsoseous approach for treatment of symptomatic pseudarthrosis | Full Text | References | PDF (583 KB) | EPUB
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Case Report

Report
Congenital Cirsoid aneurysm communicating with the sagittal sinus and supplied by extra and intracranial arteries
O. E. Idowu, O. A. Ayodele & H. A. Oshola
Pages: 88-89
Published online: 13 Oct 2018
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Neurosurgical Image

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Unusual presentation of aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage
William T. Couldwell, Phillip Taussky & Andrew R. Tyser
Pages: 90-91
Published online: 22 May 2017
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Case Report

Article
Single-pass endovascular thrombectomy for massive carotid-cerebral occlusion
Naif M. Alotaibi, Francesca Sarzetto, Karl Boyle, Peter Howard & Victor X. D. Yang
Pages: 92-93
Published online: 24 Apr 2017
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Short Report

Report
Thrombosis of the draining vein causes intracranial haemorrhage in the natural history of brain arteriovenous malformation: case report
Raita Fukaya, Katsuhiro Mizutani, Masahito Fukuchi & Koji Fujii
Pages: 94-95
Published online: 19 Apr 2017
AbstractforThrombosis of the draining vein causes intracranial haemorrhage in the natural history of brain arteriovenous malformation: case report | Full Text | References | PDF (437 KB) | EPUB
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Report

Report
Case report of intraventricular schwannoma
Adam A. Razak, Gerry M. O’Reilly, Robin Highley & Muhammad M. Hussain
Pages: 96-98
Published online: 02 Mar 2017
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Short Report

Report
Spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhoea with meningitis secondary to ecchordosis physaliphora
Luke Galloway & Caroline Hayhurst
Pages: 99-100
Published online: 02 Mar 2017
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Report
Intraconal optic sheath schwannoma: report of two cases
Amit Mahore, Raghvendra Ramdasi, Aadil Chagla & Vishakha Tikeykar
Pages: 101-103
Published online: 10 Mar 2017
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Report
Disco vertebral osteomyelitis causing intradural spinal abscess with cauda equina compression
Anan Shtaya & Samantha Hettige
Pages: 104-106
Published online: 03 Mar 2017
AbstractforDisco vertebral osteomyelitis causing intradural spinal abscess with cauda equina compression | Full Text | References | PDF (851.4 KB) | EPUB
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Technical Note

Note
Endoscopic approach for a delayed post-traumatic ethmoidal mucocele: a technical note
Mahmoud Messerer, Giulia Cossu & Roy Thomas Daniel
Pages: 107-109
Published online: 15 Mar 2017
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Report

Report
Cranial subarachnoid and subdural haemorrhage caused by spinal melanoma metastasis
Farouk Olubajo, Stavros Stavropoulos, Muhammad M. Hussain, Chris Rowland-Hill & Shailendra Achawal
Pages: 110-111
Published online: 10 Mar 2017
AbstractforCranial subarachnoid and subdural haemorrhage caused by spinal melanoma metastasis | Full Text | References | PDF (455.2 KB) | EPUB
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Original Article

Article
Idiopathic intracranial hypertension and bariatric surgery: a literature review and a presentation of two cases
Francois Okoroafor, Muhammad Ali Karim & Abdulmajid Ali
Pages: 112-114
Published online: 31 Jan 2018
AbstractforIdiopathic intracranial hypertension and bariatric surgery: a literature review and a presentation of two cases | Full Text | References | PDF (269.4 KB) | EPUB
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Research‐Article

Article
Close encounters of the blurred kind
Colin G. Murphy, John E. Lawrence, Edmund M. Godfrey & Ian G. Murphy
Page: 115
Published online: 27 Aug 2018
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