… Correspondence: Agbolahan Sofela, BSc Hons, MRCS, Southwest Neurosurgery Centre,
University … Agbolahan Sofela and Temidayo Osunronbi are contributed equally to this work. …

Pneumorrhachis (PR) refers to free air in the spinal canal. We aim to describe a case report
and conduct a systematic review focused on the clinical presentation, diagnosis, and …

BACKGROUND: Craniopharyngiomas are successfully managed with surgery and/or adjuvant
chemoradiotherapy but have been documented to undergo malignant transformation (MT)…

Background Cauda equina syndrome (CES) results from nerve root compression in the
lumbosacral spine, usually due to a prolapsed intervertebral disc. Evidence for management of …

Background The number of academic clinicians in the UK is declining and there are
demographic inequalities in the clinical-academic workforce. Increased research productivity by …

Objectives. To evaluate patient and staff satisfaction with day of admission surgery in a
neurosurgical unit and its effect on theatre start times. Methods and design. Patients were …

There is an unmet need for the identification of biomarkers to aid in the diagnosis, clinical
management, prognosis and follow-up of meningiomas. There is currently no consensus on …

Sickle-cell disease is common among patients of Afro-Caribbean origin. Though it can
precipitate neurological conditions, it only rarely causes neurosurgical problems, with very few …

Introduction There are a number of prognostic markers (methylation, CDKN2A/B) described
to be useful for the stratification of meningiomas. However, there are currently no clinically …

The majority of meningiomas are grade I, but some grade I tumours are clinically more
aggressive. Recent advances in the genetic study of meningiomas has allowed investigation into …