Presentations & Publications
The department has a range of staff and students who undertake regular research into all aspects of paediatric neurosurgery. This page will showcase their presentations and publications which range from regional to international meetings and journals.
Kommer M, Boulton RG, Loi L, Robinson S, Hawthorne C, Shaw M, Piper I, Moss L, Amato-Watkins A, Campbell E, Sangra M, O'Kane R. Telemetric Intracranial Pressure: A Snapshot Does not Give the Full Story. Acta Neurochir Suppl. 2021;131:323-324. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-59436-7_61. PMID: 33839867.
Kommer M, Canty M, Campbell E, Sangra M, Amato-Watkins A, Young S, Hawthorne C, Moss L, Piper I, Shaw M, O'Kane R. Use of Direct Intracranial Pressure and Brain Tissue Oxygen Monitoring in Perioperative Management of Patients with Moyamoya Disease. Acta Neurochir Suppl. 2021;131:115-117. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-59436-7_24. PMID: 33839830.
Cearns, M.D., O’Kane, R. Reply to the letter to the editor from Lo WB, Afshari FT, Rodrigues D and Kulkarni AV regarding the article “Opening and closure of intraventricular neuroendoscopic procedures in infants under 1 year of age: institutional technique, case series and review of the literature”. Childs Nerv Syst 37, 1411–1412 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-020-05025-3
Cearns, M.D., Kommer, M., Amato-Watkins, A. et al. Opening and closure of intraventricular neuroendoscopic procedures in infants under 1 year of age: institutional technique, case series and review of the literature. Childs Nerv Syst 37, 101–105 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-020-04895-x
Kommer, M., Campbell, E. & Canty, M. Prior endoscopic third ventriculostomy does not increase ventriculoperitoneal shunt failure rate. Childs Nerv Syst 35, 1159–1163 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-019-04186-0
Kirolos S, Campbell E, Heuchan AM, Steven M, Allen R. A rare complication of ventriculoperitoneal shunt in a neonate. Arch Dis Child. 2019 Sep;104(9):908. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2018-315111. Epub 2018 May 25. PMID: 29802135.
Campbell, E., Beez, T. & Todd, L. Prospective review of 30-day morbidity and mortality in a paediatric neurosurgical unit. Childs Nerv Syst 33, 483–489 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-017-3358-5
Beez T, Koppel D, Sangra M. Morphometric Analysis of the Posterior Cranial Fossa in Syndromic and Nonsyndromic Craniosynostosis. J Craniofac Surg. 2017 Jul;28(5):e484-e488. doi: 10.1097/SCS.0000000000003797. PMID: 28665854.
Abu-Arafeh I, Campbell E. Headache, Chiari malformation type 1 and treatment options. Arch Dis Child. 2017 Mar;102(3):210-211. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2016-312137. Epub 2017 Jan 12. PMID: 28082322.
Gazdagh GE, Sangra M, Butler S, Whiteford ML. Occurrence of nasal dermoid cysts in a family with a single maxillary median central incisor: extending the clinical spectrum. Clin Dysmorphol. 2017 Oct;26(4):238-242. doi: 10.1097/MCD.0000000000000187. PMID: 28574861.
Lammy S, Fivey P, Sangra M. Decompressive craniectomy for malignant middle cerebral artery infarction in a 16-year old boy: a case report. J Med Case Rep. 2016 Dec 20;10(1):368. doi: 10.1186/s13256-016-1145-7. PMID: 27998316; PMCID: PMC5175374.
Beez T, O'Kane R, Piper I, Koppel D, Sangra M. Telemetric Intracranial Pressure Monitoring in Syndromic Craniosynostosis. J Craniofac Surg. 2016 Jun;27(4):1032-4. doi: 10.1097/SCS.0000000000002556. PMID: 27152573.
Publications
Presentations
ESPN 2021
Endoscopic third ventriculostomy and choroid plexus cauterization versus endoscopic third ventriculostomy alone in the treatment of neonatal hydrocephalus: a retrospective cohort study
Mr Michael Cearns MRCS(Eng) AFHEA
Specialty Registrar and Honorary Clinical Lecturer
Department of Paediatric Neurosurgery
Royal Hospital for Children
Glasgow, UK
ESPN 2021
Hydrocephalus following posterior fossa tumour resection: unexplained development of shunt independence in three paediatric patients
Mr Michael Cearns MRCS(Eng) AFHEA
Specialty Registrar and Honorary Clinical Lecturer
Department of Paediatric Neurosurgery
Royal Hospital for Children
Glasgow, UK
ESPN 2021
Multi-layered closure of intraventricular neuroendoscopic procedures in infants under one year of.....a technique to minimise cerebrospinal fluid leak
Mr Michael Cearns MRCS(Eng) AFHEA
Specialty Registrar and Honorary Clinical Lecturer
Department of Paediatric Neurosurgery
Royal Hospital for Children
Glasgow, UK
