British Journal of Neurosurgery, Volume 25, Issue 1 (2011)

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Editorial

Editorial
Editorial
Paul Eldridge
Page: 1
Published online: 16 Feb 2011
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Reviews

Review Article
Enteral nutrition in patients with severe traumatic brain injury: reasons for intolerance and medical management
Min Tan, Jing-Ci Zhu & Hua-Hua Yin
Pages: 2-8
Published online: 16 Feb 2011
AbstractforEnteral nutrition in patients with severe traumatic brain injury: reasons for intolerance and medical management | Full Text | References | PDF (106.4 KB)
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Review Article
Infections in patients with traumatic brain injury who undergo neurosurgery
Irene S. Kourbeti, John A. Papadakis, Christodoulos Neophytou, Maria Filippou, Antonis Ioannou, Dimitris A. Karabetsos, George Bertsias, Maria Anastasaki & Antonis F. Vakis
Pages: 9-15
Published online: 22 Jul 2010
AbstractforInfections in patients with traumatic brain injury who undergo neurosurgery | Full Text | References | PDF (94.5 KB)
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Review Article
Novel strategies in brachial plexus repair after traumatic avulsion
Carolina Kachramanoglou, Daqing Li, Peter Andrews, Charles East, Thomas Carlstedt, Geoffrey Raisman & David Choi
Pages: 16-27
Published online: 27 Oct 2010
AbstractforNovel strategies in brachial plexus repair after traumatic avulsion | Full Text | References | PDF (753.6 KB)
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Review Article
Stem cells in the adult human brain
Aminul I. Ahmed, Malik Zaben & William P. Gray
Pages: 28-37
Published online: 27 Oct 2010
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Review Article
An approach to deep brain stimulation for severe treatment-refractory Tourette syndrome: the UK perspective
Andrea E. Cavanna, Clare M. Eddy, Rosalind Mitchell, Hardev Pall, Ian Mitchell, Ludvic Zrinzo, Tom Foltynie, Marjan Jahanshahi, Patricia Limousin, Marwan I. Hariz & Hugh Rickards
Pages: 38-44
Published online: 15 Dec 2010
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Review Article
Assessment of visual function in idiopathic intracranial hypertension
Fiona J. Rowe
Pages: 45-54
Published online: 16 Feb 2011
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Original Article

Article
Traumatic epidural haematoma of the posterior cranial fossa
Jae-Won Jang, Jung-Kil Lee, Bo-Ra Seo & Soo-Han Kim
Pages: 55-61
Published online: 07 Oct 2010
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Traumatic intra-cerebellar haematoma: study of 17 cases
Satoru Takeuchi, Yoshio Takasato, Hiroyuki Masaoka & Takanori Hayakawa
Pages: 62-67
Published online: 22 Jul 2010
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Severe head injury in children: intensive care unit activity and mortality in England and Wales
Robert C. Tasker, Thomas J. Fleming, Amber Er Young, Kevin P. Morris & Roger C. Parslow
Pages: 68-77
Published online: 17 Nov 2010
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Large and giant petroclival meningiomas: therapeutic strategy and the choice of microsurgical approaches – report of the experience with 41 cases
Jun Yang, Tie Fang, Shunchang Ma, Shucheng Yang, Jianfa Qi, Zhen Qi, Enhao Cun & Chunjiang Yu
Pages: 78-85
Published online: 16 Feb 2011
AbstractforLarge and giant petroclival meningiomas: therapeutic strategy and the choice of microsurgical approaches – report of the experience with 41 cases | Full Text | References | PDF (701 KB)
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The presigmoid approach for removal of tumours causing ventral compression of the brainstem. Surgical results and postoperative quality of life
Radek Frič & Per Kristian Eide
Pages: 86-93
Published online: 27 Oct 2010
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Idiopathic intracranial hypertension: lumboperitoneal shunts versus ventriculoperitoneal shunts – case series and literature review
Khalid Abubaker, Zulfiqar Ali, Kazim Raza, Ciaran Bolger, Daniel Rawluk & Donncha O'Brien
Pages: 94-99
Published online: 16 Feb 2011
AbstractforIdiopathic intracranial hypertension: lumboperitoneal shunts versus ventriculoperitoneal shunts – case series and literature review | Full Text | References | PDF (80.7 KB)
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Evaluation of pain following supratentorial craniotomy
Shalini Nair & Vedantam Rajshekhar
Pages: 100-103
Published online: 15 Dec 2010
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Article
Vertebroplasty for adjacent vertebral fracture following lumbar interbody fusion
Yong Ahn & Sang-Ho Lee
Pages: 104-108
Published online: 08 Sep 2010
AbstractforVertebroplasty for adjacent vertebral fracture following lumbar interbody fusion | Full Text | References | PDF (236.2 KB)
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Short Reports

Brief Report
Unlocking the ‘locked-in syndrome’
Mano Shanmuganathan, Charles P. Warlow, Rustam Al-Shahi Salman, Peter Keston, Robin J. Sellar & Ioannis P. Fouyas
Pages: 109-110
Published online: 16 Feb 2011
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Brief Report
Pneumorrhachis with pneumocranium: an unusual complication of intra-abdominal sepsis
Amit Amit, Edward C. Toll, Shahid Siddique & Richard J. Nelson
Pages: 111-112
Published online: 13 Aug 2010
AbstractforPneumorrhachis with pneumocranium: an unusual complication of intra-abdominal sepsis | Full Text | References | PDF (168.8 KB)
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Brief Report
Spontaneous knot; a rare cause of ventriculoperitoneal shunt blockage
Wail Mohammed, Ulrikke Wiig & John Caird
Pages: 113-114
Published online: 15 Dec 2010
AbstractforSpontaneous knot; a rare cause of ventriculoperitoneal shunt blockage | Full Text | References | PDF (113.1 KB)
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Brief Report
Extrusion of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt catheter through an appendicovesicostomy
Lars De Jong, Frank Van Der Aa, Dirk De Ridder & Frank Van Calenbergh
Pages: 115-116
Published online: 13 Aug 2010
AbstractforExtrusion of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt catheter through an appendicovesicostomy | Full Text | References | PDF (279.6 KB)
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Brief Report
The use of danaparoid to manage coagulopathy in a neurosurgical patient with heparin-induced thrombocytopenia type II and intracerebral haemorrhage
Daniel N. Hertle, Stefan Hähnel, Götz M. Richter, Andreas Unterberg, Oliver W. Sakowitz & Karl L. Kiening
Pages: 117-119
Published online: 13 Aug 2010
AbstractforThe use of danaparoid to manage coagulopathy in a neurosurgical patient with heparin-induced thrombocytopenia type II and intracerebral haemorrhage | Full Text | References | PDF (517.7 KB)
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Brief Report
Haemorrhagic cerebellar fibrous histiocytoma: case report and literature review
Anwen M. Harries & Rosalind Mitchell
Pages: 120-121
Published online: 08 Sep 2010
AbstractforHaemorrhagic cerebellar fibrous histiocytoma: case report and literature review | Full Text | References | PDF (138.3 KB)
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Brief Report
Myxopapillary ependymoma of the cerebellopontine angle: retrograde metastasis or primary tumour?
Jonathan Shapey, Sinan Barazi, Istvan Bodi & Nicholas Thomas
Pages: 122-123
Published online: 13 Aug 2010
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Brief Report
Middle fossa extradural repair of sphenoidal encephaloceles
Krishna Prabhu, Kartik Revanappa Kumbhar & Ari George Chacko
Pages: 124-126
Published online: 28 Sep 2010
AbstractforMiddle fossa extradural repair of sphenoidal encephaloceles | Full Text | References | PDF (146.9 KB)
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Technical Note

Temporary bilateral external carotid artery clamping to reduce blood loss during removal of calvarial meningioma: a technical note
Kanchan K. Mukherjee, Pravin Salunke, Rajesh Chhabra, Sachin Adhikari & Neerja Bharti
Pages: 127-129
Published online: 27 Oct 2010
AbstractforTemporary bilateral external carotid artery clamping to reduce blood loss during removal of calvarial meningioma: a technical note | Full Text | References | PDF (334.9 KB)
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Neurosurgical Images

Pathological enlargement of midbrain Virchow–Robin spaces: a rare cause of obstructive hydrocephalus
Carmelo Lucio Sturiale, Alessio Albanese, Giorgio Lofrese, Paolo Frassanito, Giovanni Sabatino, Enrico Marchese & Alfredo Puca
Pages: 130-131
Published online: 08 Sep 2010
AbstractforPathological enlargement of midbrain Virchow–Robin spaces: a rare cause of obstructive hydrocephalus | Full Text | References | PDF (131.8 KB)
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Proximal migration of a lumbo-peritoneal shunt into a cerebellar peduncle
P. A. Bodkin, M. Shanmuganathan & I. R. Whittle
Pages: 132-133
Published online: 16 Feb 2011
AbstractforProximal migration of a lumbo-peritoneal shunt into a cerebellar peduncle | Full Text | References | PDF (190.1 KB)
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Post-traumatic cervical pneumorrhachis – a rare entity
Maneet Gill, Mukkamala Sreenivas & Rajveer Singh Beniwal
Pages: 134-135
Published online: 15 Dec 2010
AbstractforPost-traumatic cervical pneumorrhachis – a rare entity | Full Text | References | PDF (100.2 KB)
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Gunshot wound to the clivus
Ankit I. Mehta & Carlos A. Bagley
Pages: 136-137
Published online: 13 Aug 2010
AbstractforGunshot wound to the clivus | Full Text | PDF (460.4 KB)
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Multiple epidural haematomas after meningioma surgery
Leonardo C. Welling, Vinicius Guirado, Marcelo E. Sette Dos Santos, Guilherme Brasileiro De Aguiar & Eberval G. Figueiredo
Pages: 138-139
Published online: 20 Sep 2010
AbstractforMultiple epidural haematomas after meningioma surgery | Full Text | References | PDF (419 KB)
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Delayed and spontaneous intracranial foreign body migration
Edward Mckintosh, Matthew Crocker & Andrew J. Martin
Pages: 140-141
Published online: 13 Aug 2010
AbstractforDelayed and spontaneous intracranial foreign body migration | Full Text | References | PDF (134 KB)
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Temporal fossa intra-extracranial dumbbell schwannoma
Limy Wong, Khalid Abubaker, Jane Cryan, Francesca M. Brett & John Caird
Pages: 142-143
Published online: 15 Dec 2010
AbstractforTemporal fossa intra-extracranial dumbbell schwannoma | Full Text | References | PDF (372.9 KB)
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Letter to the Editor

Letter
Patient safety and image transfer between referring hospitals and neurosciences centres: an alternate best practice?
Ramesh Chelvarajah, Seb Bavetta & Jonathan Benjamin
Pages: 144-145
Published online: 16 Feb 2011
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