Senthil Selvanathan

Clinical and cost-effectiveness of PCF versus ACD in the treatment of cervical brachialgia (FORVAD trial)

Simon Thomson, Gemma Ainsworth, Senthil Selvanathan, Sarah Brown et autres

BACKGROUND: Cervical radiculopathy occurs when a nerve root is compressed in the spine, if symptoms fail to resolve after 6 weeks surgery may be indicated. Anterior Cervical Discectomy (ACD) is the commonest procedure, Posterior Cervical Foraminotomy (PCF) is an alternative that avoids …

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Posterior cervical foraminotomy versus anterior cervical discectomy for Cervical Brachialgia: the FORVAD RCT

Simon Thomson, Gemma Ainsworth, Senthil Selvanathan, Rachel Kelly et autres

Background Posterior cervical foraminotomy and anterior cervical discectomy are routinely used operations to treat cervical brachialgia, although definitive evidence supporting superiority of either is lacking. Objective The primary objective was to investigate whether or not posterior cervical foraminotomy is superior to anterior …

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Current surgical practice for multi-level degenerative cervical myelopathy: Findings from an international survey of spinal surgeons

Benjamin M. Davies, Jibin Francis, Max B. Butler, Oliver Mowforth et autres

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Spontaneous Posterior Subdural Pyogenic Escherichia coli Abscess Secondary to Lumbar Spondylodiscitis

Joseph J Gleeson, Andrew Berg, Peter Loughenbury, Senthil Selvanathan et autres

Pyogenic subdural spinal collections are rare but an important pathology to recognise and manage appropriately. We report the case of a 56-year-old female who developed a posterior subdural spinal collection associated with local discitis. There was no direct communication between the infected …

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Systematic review of radiological cervical foraminal grading systems

James Meacock, Moritz Schramm, Senthil Selvanathan, Stuart Currie et autres

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Rapid Growth of a Facet Joint Cyst Mimicking an Aggressive Tumor in the Lumbar Spine

James M. Robins, Senthil Selvanathan, Azzam Ismail, Chris Derham et autres

A 67-year-old patient with a history of fully treated bowel carcinoma presented with a short history of unilateral lumbosacral radiculopathy. No neurological deficit was found on examination. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) demonstrated initially L4/5 foraminal narrowing that was believed to be the …

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Surgical principles in spinal surgery

Simon Thomson, Chris Derham, Senthil Selvanathan

This chapter is an introduction to spinal surgery, specific surgical techniques will be covered in other chapters. Preoperative considerations include the need for effective preoperative patient selection and careful consent. The optimal management of antiplatelet drugs and low molecular weight heparins in …

Outcome and prognostic features in paediatric pineoblastomas: analysis of cases from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results registry (1990–2007)

Senthil Selvanathan, Oliver C. Richards, Saira Alli, Martin Elliott et autres

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Axial osteochondroma causing myelopathy – A technical note and discussion on atlantoaxial fusion following C2 laminectomy

Christopher Yusuf Akhunbay-Fudge, Senthil Selvanathan, Chris Derham

Osteochondromas are one of the commonest benign bone tumours, but are rarely found in the spine. Cord compression due to these lesions is even rarer. We describe a case of a C2 lamina osteochondroma causing cord compression in a 20 year old …

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Skip laminectomy versus cervical laminectomy, an analysis of patient reported outcomes, spinal alignment and re-operation rates: The Leeds spinal unit experience (2008–2016)

James M. Robins, Lorna Luo, Fatmah Mallallah, Jake Timothy et autres

The two leading techniques in the UK utilised in the posterior decompression of the cervical spinal cord for cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM) are skip laminectomy (Skip LAMT) and open cervical laminectomy (LAMT). To the authors' knowledge no studies have directly compared effectiveness …

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Extreme lateral interbody fusion (XLIF) as a treatment for acute spondylodiscitis: Leeds spinal unit experience

Jake Timothy, Debasish Pal, Christopher Yusuf Akhunbay-Fudge, Mark Knights et autres

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Extreme lateral interbody fusion (XLIF) as a treatment for acute spondylodiscitis: leeds spinal unit experience

Senthil Selvanathan, Chris Derham, Deb Pal, Jake Timothy

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