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Retroflexed dens in paediatric Chiari 1 patients and implications: Single centre retrospective study

Chiari 1 malformation and hind brain hernia can be associated with skull base and craniocervical anomalies. One of the more recently associated anomalies is a retroverted or retroflexed odontoid process or den...

Bobby Sachdev, Vesta S. Najmi, Desiderio Rodrigues… in Child's Nervous System (2024)

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Traumatic disruption of dura at suture lines: a consistent finding in non-accidental head injury?

Pasquale Gallo, Rehman Ali Baig, William B. Lo, Adam J. Oates… in Child's Nervous System (2023)

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Medulloblastomas, CNS embryonal tumors, and cerebellar mutism syndrome: advances in care and future directions

Central nervous system (CNS) embryonal tumors, commonly found in pediatric patients, represent a heterogeneous mix of lesions with an overall poor (though improving) prognosis. Medulloblastomas are by far the ...

Nirali Patel, Gregory Keating, Guirish A. Solanki, Hasan R. Syed… in Child's Nervous System (2023)

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Clinical features and outcome in pediatric arteriovenous malformation: institutional multimodality treatment

Intracranial arteriovenous-malformation (AVM) is a relatively rare condition in pediatrics, yet is a major cause of spontaneous intracranial hemorrhage with a risk of fatal hemorrhage reported to be between 4 ...

Joshua Pepper, Saleh Lamin, Allan Thomas, A. Richard Walsh… in Child's Nervous System (2023)

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Molecular subgroup of medulloblastoma: evaluation of contribution to CSF diversion following tumour resection

Medulloblastoma is the commonest malignant brain tumour in children. Pre-operative hydrocephalus is present in up to 90% of these patients at presentation. Following posterior fossa surgery, despite resolution...

Fardad T. Afshari, Sebastian Toescu, Rehman Ali Baig, John Ong… in Child's Nervous System (2023)

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Spinal canal stenosis in children with achondroplasia: the role of augmentation laminoplasty—a 15-year single institution experience

Achondroplasia typically results in compressive spinal canal stenosis in one-third of children, but rare under the age of 15 years. Laminectomy is the mainstay of treatment but this leads to instability and pr...

Fardad T. Afshari, Naomi Slator, Oluwafikayo Fayeye… in Child's Nervous System (2023)

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Posterior Calvarial Distraction in older paediatric population: single centre paediatric neurosurgery craniofacial unit outcomes

Posterior calvarial distraction (PCD) is a safe and effective technique used to increase cranial vault volume and therefore reduce intracranial pressure in children with complex craniosynostosis. Optimal timin...

Fardad T. Afshari, Pasquale Gallo, Guirish A. Solanki… in Child's Nervous System (2022)

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Paediatric developmental venous anomalies (DVAs): how often do they bleed and where?

Developmental venous anomalies (DVAs) are anomalies of venous drainage and considered a low-flow malformation. Studies evaluating natural history and risk factors for intracranial haemorrhage in the paediatric...

Adikarige H. D. Silva, Haren Wijesinghe, William B. Lo… in Child's Nervous System (2020)

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Paediatric spondylodiscitis: a 10-year single institution experience in management and clinical outcomes

Discitis in the paediatric population poses diagnostic challenges due to non-specific presenting symptoms and difficulty with expressing pain in non-communicating children. Discitis remains a relatively rare c...

Fardad T. Afshari, Desiderio Rodrigues, Mahesh Bhat… in Child's Nervous System (2020)

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Consent in paediatric neurosurgery: adequacy of documentation and parental perspectives

Consenting paediatric patients for surgical procedures remains inherently unique in that it is underpinned by principles such as parental responsibility, assessment of the child’s capacity to consent, and adhe...

Adikarige H. D. Silva, Haren Wijesinghe, Nilesh Mundil… in Child's Nervous System (2019)

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Paediatric intracranial aneurysms: a British institutional review

Paediatric intracranial aneurysms are rare, with a differing natural history and thought to account for only up to 7% of all intracranial aneurysms. There is much uncertainty that surrounds the prevalence of u...

Naomi Slator, Sayed Samed Talibi, Nilesh Mundil, Allan Thomas… in Child's Nervous System (2019)

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Developmental Anatomy

Many cases of hindbrain hernia are due to developmental abnormalities of the skull and/or the craniocervical junction. In this chapter the development of the nervous system, skull, vertebrae and associated mes...

Guirish A. Solanki in Syringomyelia (2014)

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Paediatric lumbar disc herniation in the very young: A case-based update

A lumbar disc prolapse is commonly seen in the adult population and as a result, the signs and symptoms are well recognised and easily treated. A disc prolapse, in the adolescent and particularly the paediatri...

Julian Cahill, Geoffrey Frost, Guirish A. Solanki in Child's Nervous System (2011)

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Clinical Significance of Medication Reconciliation in Children Admitted to a UK Pediatric Hospital

In December 2007, the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence and the National Patient Safety Agency in the UK (NICE-NPSA) published guidance that recommends all adults admitted to hospital recei...

Mr David R. P. Terry, Guirish A. Solanki, Anthony G. Sinclair… in Pediatric Drugs (2010)

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Multiple coexistent dysraphic pathologies

Four distinct dysraphic anomalies were observed in a single child. While combinations of such anomalies are well recognised, quadruple dysraphic pathology, nevertheless, is extremely uncommon. To our knowledge...

Guirish A. Solanki, James Evans, Andrew Copp… in Child's Nervous System (2003)