December 14, 2021 • 0 Comments Adult brain tumour

Adult brain tumour Did you know that there is more than one type of adult brain tumour? In fact, there are over...

December 3, 2021 • 0 Comments Excision of spinal tumour

Excision of spinal tumour Excision of spinal tumour means the removal of a tumour that has grown in the spine this can...

November 14, 2021 • 0 Comments Auditory brainstem implant

Auditory brainstem implant An auditory brainstem implant is an electrical device that is used to help patients to hear. This device is...

November 3, 2021 • 0 Comments Transsphenoidal surgery

Transsphenoidal surgery is a surgical procedure that is done to remove pituitary and skull base tumours. The word transsphenoidal means ‘through the...

October 14, 2021 • 0 Comments Arteriovenous Fistula

An arteriovenous fistula is a neuro condition that is caused by an abnormal connection between an artery and a vein. Normally, blood...

October 7, 2021 • 0 Comments SPG stimulation

SPG stimulation, or Sphenopalatine Ganglion Stimulation, is a treatment option that can be used to treat patients that are suffering from migraine,...

September 22, 2021 • 0 Comments Second opinion

In the medical world a second opinion meaning getting a second doctor’s opinion on a patient’s diagnosis. The second doctor will review...

September 15, 2021 • 0 Comments Medical scans

A lot of the patients that come to London Neurosurgery Partnership will need or may have already had some form of medical...

September 6, 2021 • 0 Comments Medical Marvels – Who cares wins

The neurosurgery team at King’s College Hospital FOR Dagmar Turner, the love for her violin ranks just behind the love she has...

September 1, 2021 • 0 Comments Thermocoagulation

Thermocoagulation is one of newer treatments that is used to treat primary and metastatic brain tumours which can be hard to treat...

August 17, 2021 • 0 Comments Treatments for trigeminal neuralgia

There are a number of different treatments for trigeminal neuralgia that can be offered to patients to relieve symptoms. Before we get...

August 3, 2021 • 0 Comments Vertebrectomy

A vertebrectomy is a surgical procedure to remove all of the vertebral body from the spinal column which can be done to...

July 21, 2021 • 0 Comments Sural nerve entrapment

Sural nerve entrapment The sural nerve is the nerve in your lower leg that is responsible for sensation to the foot. It...

July 6, 2021 • 0 Comments Posterior Fossa Tumour

A posterior fossa tumour is a type of brain tumour that develops at the base of the skull, by the brainstem and...

June 24, 2021 • 0 Comments Hemifacial spasm

Hemifacial spasm is a neurological condition that affects the nervous system. People with a hemifacial spasm will experience involuntary twitch down one...

June 4, 2021 • 2 Comments Brain tumours in adults

Every year around 11,000 people are diagnosed with a primary brain tumour. A brain tumour is the growth of abnormal and sometimes...

May 28, 2021 • 0 Comments Tethered Cord – condition and symptoms

Tethered cord syndrome is a rare neurological condition, present from birth where the bottom end of the spinal cord is fixed so...

May 18, 2021 • 0 Comments Tremor

A tremor is a rhythmic shaking movement in one or more parts of the body. This is an involuntary movement, meaning that...

May 4, 2021 • 0 Comments Intractable headaches

Ever had a headache that just won’t budge and seems absolutely relentless? An intractable headache refers to a headache that doctors are...

April 23, 2021 • 0 Comments Cervical Corpectomy

A cervical corpectomy is a surgical procedure that is done to relieve pressure on the spinal cord in the neck. This can...

April 16, 2021 • 0 Comments Acoustic neuroma

An acoustic neuroma, which can also be referred to as a vestibular schwannoma, is a slow-growing, non-cancerous tumour that grows on the...

April 3, 2021 • 0 Comments Closure Of Dermal Sinus

A dermal sinus is a congenital condition (meaning that it is present from birth) that refers to an opening along the spine,...

March 16, 2021 • 0 Comments Ulnar Nerve Entrapment

Ulnar nerve entrapment is a fairly common injury that affects the nerve that runs down the arm to the fingers on the...

March 9, 2021 • 0 Comments Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery

Mr Irfan Malik talks about his knowledge and experiences of the pros and cons of minimally invasive spine surgery. As a neurosurgeon,...

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March 3, 2021 • 0 Comments Migraine

A migraine is usually a severe headache that is felt on one side of the head. Many people suffering from a migraine...

February 25, 2021 • 0 Comments Endoscopic discectomy

For some people suffering from back or neck pain caused by a condition such as a slipped or herniated disc, a discectomy...

February 19, 2021 • 0 Comments Intractable pain

Intractable pain refers to pain that cannot be main with normal pain management techniques. ‘Intractable’ meaning hard to control. As this type...

February 12, 2021 • 0 Comments Occipital nerve stimulation

Occipital nerve stimulation is a procedure that can be used to different types of headaches, mainly including cluster headaches, cranial facial pain...

February 5, 2021 • 0 Comments An overview of facial pain

Many people will experience some form of facial pain throughout their lifetime, and will often see it go within a short period...

January 29, 2021 • 0 Comments Skull base tumours

Skull based tumours is not a type of tumour, it is a group of tumours that group in a specific part of...

January 20, 2021 • 0 Comments Spinal tumours

Spinal tumours are an abnormal mass or growth of tissue in or around the spinal cord or bones of the spine. Spinal...

January 20, 2021 • 0 Comments Metastatic spinal cord compression

Metastatic spinal cord compression (MSCC) is one of the complications of cancer and occurs in 3-5% of all cancer cases. It is...

January 13, 2021 • 0 Comments Spinal dysraphism

Spinal Dysraphism is an umbrella term that is used to describe a number of different conditions that affects the spine, spinal cord...

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