Publications
Past
Understanding Cauda Equina Syndrome (UCES) Study
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Julie Woodfield
Aimun Jamjoom
Ingrid Hoeritzauer
​Understanding cauda equina syndrome: protocol for a UK multicentre prospective observational cohort study. Woodfield J, Hoeritzauer I, Jamjoom AAB, Pronin S, Srikandarajah N, Poon M, Roy H, Demetriades AK, Sell P, Eames N, Statham PFX; British Neurosurgical Trainee Research Collaborative (BNTRC). BMJ Open. 2018 Dec 14;8(12):e025230.
UK Chiari 1 Study (UK-C1S)
Trainee Lead
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Rory Piper
Fardad Afshari
UK Chiari 1 Study: protocol for a prospective, observational, multicentre study​. Piper RJ, Afshari FT, Soon WC, Kolias AG, Dyson EW, Watkins L, Laing R, Lo WB, Jayamohan J; British Neurosurgical Trainee Research Collaborative (BNTRC). BMJ Open. 2021 Apr 12;11(4):e043712. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-043712. PMID: 33846149; PMCID: PMC8048021.
UK Cranial Reconstruction Registry (UK-CRR)
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Daniel Fountain
Ellie Edlmann
First Report of a Multicenter Prospective Registry of Cranioplasty in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Fountain DM, Henry J, Honeyman S, O'Connor P, Sekhon P, Piper RJ, Edlmann E, Martin M, Whiting G, Turner C, Mee H, Joannides AJ, Kolias AG, Hutchinson PJ; UK Cranial Reconstruction Registry (UKCRR) Collaborative; British Neurosurgical Trainee Research Collaborative (BNTRC). Neurosurgery. 2021 Aug 16;89(3):518-526. doi: 10.1093/neuros/nyab220. PMID: 34192745.​
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Proposal for establishment of the UK Cranial Reconstruction Registry (UKCRR). Kolias AG, Bulters DO, Cowie CJ, Wilson MH, Afshari FT, Helmy A, Broughton E, Joannides AJ, Zebian B, Harrisson SE, Hill CS, Ahmed AI, Barone DG, Thakur B, McMahon CJ, Adlam DM, Bentley RP, Tolias CM, Mitchell PM, Whitfield PC, Critchley GR, Belli A, Brennan PM, Hutchinson PJ; British Neurosurgical Trainee Research Collaborative.; British Neurotrauma Group.; UKCRR Collaborative Group. Br J Neurosurg. 2014 Jun;28(3):310-4. doi: 10.3109/02688697.2013.859657. PubMed PMID: 24237069.
Incidental Meningioma: Prognostic Analysis Using Patient Comorbidity and MRI Tests (IMPACT)
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Abed Islim
Chris Millward
External validation and recalibration of an incidental meningioma prognostic model – IMPACT: protocol for an international multicentre retrospective cohort study. Islim AI, Millward CP, Piper RJ, Fountain DM, Mehta S, Kolamunnage-Dona R, Ali U, Koszdin SD, Georgious T, Mills SJ, Brodbelt AR, Mathew RK, Santarius T, Jenkinson MD; IMPACT Study Investigators, International Consortium on Meningioma (ICOM) and British Neurosurgical Trainee Research Collaborative (BNTRC). BMJ Open. 2022 Jan 18;12(1):e052705. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-052705. PMID: 35042706; PMCID: PMC8768908.
Chronic Subdural Haematoma Audit
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Paul M Brennan
Ian C Coulter
Angelos G Kolias
Drains result in greater reduction of subdural width and midline shift in burr-hole evacuation of chronic subdural haematoma. Glancz LJ, Poon MTC, Kolias AG, Huthcinson PJ, Brennan PM, British Neurosurgical Trainee Research Collaborative (BNTRC). Acta Neurochirurgica. [Accepted 31Mar2020]
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Time to surgery following chronic subdural hematoma: post hoc analysis of a prospective cohort study. Venturini S, Fountain DM, Glancz LJ, Livermore LJ, Coulter IC, Bond S, Matta B, Santarius T, Hutchinson PJ, Brennan PM, Kolias AG, British Neurosurgical Trainee Research Collaborative (BNTRC). BMJ Surgery, Intervention, and Health Technologies. Dec 2019.
Influence of Antiplatelet and Anticoagulant Drug Use on Outcomes after Chronic Subdural Hematoma Drainage. Poon MTC, Rea C, Kolias AG, Brennan PM; British Neurosurgical Trainee Research Collaborative (BNTRC). J Neurotrauma. 2019 Jan 30. doi: 10.1089/neu.2018.6080. [Epub ahead of print]
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Does Drain Position and Duration Influence Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Burr-Hole Evacuation of Chronic Subdural Hematoma? Lessons from a UK Multicenter Prospective Cohort Study. Glancz LJ, Poon MTC, Coulter IC, Hutchinson PJ, Kolias AG, Brennan PM; British Neurosurgical Trainee Research Collaborative (BNTRC). Neurosurgery. 2018 Aug 29. [Epub ahead of print]
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Outcomes following surgery in subgroups of comatose and very elderly patients with chronic subdural hematoma. Christopher E, Poon MTC, Glancz LJ, Hutchinson PJ, Kolias AG, Brennan PM; British Neurosurgical Trainee Research Collaborative (BNTRC). Neurosurg Rev. 2018 Apr 21. [Epub ahead of print]
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The management and outcome for patients with chronic subdural hematoma: a prospective, multicenter, observational cohort study in the United Kingdom. Brennan PM, Kolias AG, Joannides AJ, Shapey J, Marcus HJ, Gregson BA, Grover PJ, Hutchinson PJ, Coulter IC; on behalf of the British Neurosurgical Trainee Research Collaborative. J Neurosurg. 2016 Nov 11:1-8. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 27834599.
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Chronic subdural haematoma: How can we improve patient care and outcomes? Kolias AG, Coulter IC, Marcus HJ, Gray WP, Brennan PM, Hutchinson PJ; British Neurosurgical Trainee Research Collaborative. Br J Neurosurg. 2014 Jan;28(1):136-7. doi: 10.3109/02688697.2013.869555. PubMed PMID: 24325139.
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Proposal for a prospective multi-centre audit of chronic subdural haematoma management in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Coulter IC, Kolias AG, Marcus HJ, Ahmed AI, Alli S, Al-Mahfoudh R, Borg A, Cowie CJ, Hill CS, Joannides AJ, Jones TL, Kailaya-Vasan A, Livermore JL, Narayanamurthy H, Ngoga D, Shapey J, Tarnaris A, Gregson BA, Gray WP, Nelson RJ, Hutchinson PJ, Brennan PM; UK Neurosurgical Research Network, British Neurosurgical Trainee Research Collaborative. Br J Neurosurg. 2014 Apr;28(2):199-203. doi: 10.3109/02688697.2013.835378. PubMed PMID: 24053314.
External Ventricular Drainage Audit
Trainee Lead
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Aminul Ahmed
Aimun A Jamjoom
Alexis Joannides
Utility of image-guided external ventriculostomy: analysis of contemporary practice in the United Kingdom and Ireland. McLean AL, Jamjoom AAB, Poon MTC, Wang D, Phang I, Okasha M, Boissaud-Cooke M, Williams AP, Ahmed AI; British Neurosurgical Trainee Research Collaborative. J Neurosurg. 2021 Jan 29:1-9. doi: 10.3171/2020.8.JNS20321. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33513567.
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Prospective, multicentre study of external ventricular drainage-related infections in the UK and Ireland. Jamjoom AAB, Joannides AJ, Poon MTC, Chari A, Zaben M, Abdulla MAH, Roach J, Glancz LJ, Solth A, Duddy J, Brennan PM, Bayston R, Bulters DO, Mallucci CL, Jenkinson MD, Gray WP, Kandasamy J, Hutchinson PJ, Kolias AG, Ahmed AI; British Neurosurgical Trainee Research Collaborative. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2018 Feb;89(2):120-126.
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External ventricular drainage: Is it time to look at national practice? Jamjoom AA, Kolias AG, Zaben M, Chari A, Kitchen J, Joannides A, Brennan PM, Kandasamy J, Gatscher S, Gray WP, Jenkinson MD, Bulters DO, Mallucci CL, Schuster H, Hutchinson PJ, Ahmed AI; UK Neurosurgical Research Network & British Neurosurgical Trainee Research Collaborative. Br J Neurosurg. 2014 Sep 4:1-2. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 25188651.
Trial of Dexamethasone for Chronic Subdural Haematoma (Dex-CSDH)
Trainee Lead
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Ellie Edlmann
Trial of Dexamethasone for Chronic Subdural Hematoma. Hutchinson PJ, Edlmann E, Butlers D, Zolnourian A, Holton P, Suttner N, Agyemang K, Thomson S, Anderson IA, Al-Tamimi YZ, Henderson D, Whitfield PC, Gherle M, Brennan PM, Allison A, Thelin EP, Tarantino S, Pantaleo B, Caldwell K, Davis-Wilkie C, Mee H, Warburton EA, Barton G, Chari A, Marcus HJ, King AT, Belli A, Myint PK, Wilkinson I, Santarius T, Turner C, Bond S, Kolias AG; British Neurosurgical Trainee Research Collaborative (BNTRC) and Dex-CSDH Trial Collaborators. N Engl J Med 2020; 383:2616-2627
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Dex-CSDH randomised, placebo-controlled trial of dexamethasone for chronic subdural haematoma: report of the internal pilot phase. Edlmann E, Thelin EP, Caldwell K, Turner C, Whitfield P, Bulters D, Holton P, Suttner N, Owusu-Agyemang K, Al-Tamimi YZ, Gatt D, Thomson S, Anderson IA, Richards O, Gherle M, Toman E, Nandi D, Kane P, Pantaleo B, Davis-Wilkie C, Tarantino S, Barton G, Marcus HJ, Chari A, Belli A, Bond S, Gafoor R, Dawson S, Whitehead L, Brennan P, Wilkinson I, Kolias AG, Hutchinson PJA; Dex-CSDH trial collaborative and BNTRC collaborative. Sci Rep. 2019 Apr 10;9(1):5885.
Dexamethasone for adult patients with a symptomatic chronic subdural haematoma (Dex-CSDH) trial: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Kolias AG, Edlmann E, Thelin EP, Bulters D, Holton P, Suttner N, Owusu-Agyemang K, Al-Tamimi YZ, Gatt D, Thomson S, Anderson IA, Richards O, Whitfield P, Gherle M, Caldwell K, Davis-Wilkie C, Tarantino S, Barton G, Marcus HJ, Chari A, Brennan P, Belli A, Bond S, Turner C, Whitehead L, Wilkinson I, Hutchinson PJ; British Neurosurgical Trainee Research Collaborative (BNTRC) and Dex-CSDH Trial Collaborators. Trials. 2018 Dec 4;19(1):670.
Management Evaluation of Metastasis in the Brain (MEMBRAIN)
Management evaluation of metastasis in the brain (MEMBRAIN) - a United Kingdom and Ireland prospective, multicenter observational study. Jung J, Tailor J, Dalton E, Glancz L, Roach J, Zakaria R, Lammy S, Chari A, Budohoski KP, Livermore LJ, Yu K, Jenkinson MD, Brennan PM, Brazil L, Bunce C, Bourmpaki E, Ashkan K, Vergani, F, British Neurosurgical Trainee Research Collaborative. Neuro-Oncology Practice. 2019 December
Residual Enhancing Disease in Glioblastoma (RED-GB) Study
Trainee Lead
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Ruichong Ma
Residual enhancing disease after surgery for glioblastoma: evaluation of practice in the United Kingdom. Ma R, Chari A, Brennan PM, Alalade A, Anderson I, Solth A, Marcus HJ, Watts C, British Neurosurgical Trainee Research Collaborative. Neuro-Oncology Practice. 2018 June pp74-81.
Non-aneurysmal Subarachnoid Haemorrhage (naSAH) Study
Trainee Lead
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Aswin Chari
Subarachnoid haemorrhage with negative initial neurovascular imaging: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Mohan M, Islim AI, Rasul FT, Rominiyi O, deSouza RM, Poon MTC, Jamjoom AAB, Kolias AG, Woodfield J, Patel K, Chari A, Kirollos R; British Neurosurgical Trainee Research Collaborative. Acta Neurochirurgica. 2019 Aug 13. doi: 10.1007/s00701-019-04025-w. [Epub ahead of print]