Publications by authors named "Christopher L Chandler"
Purpose: The occurrence of spinal epidural haematoma of 'spontaneous' origin in adults is a well-documented entity, though it is rare in children. In the literature to date, there are few cases of this kind of spontaneous haematoma proven to be due to an underlying vascular abnormality.
Method: Retrospective review of two cases of children under 15 years of age with spontaneous epidural spinal haematoma.
Background: There are no guidelines for the management of brain abscesses in children, and there is a paucity of recent data describing clinical and microbiologic features. We aimed to identify factors affecting outcome to inform antibiotic recommendations.
Methods: From 1999 to 2009, 118 children presented with brain abscesses to 4 neurosurgical centers in the United Kingdom.
Myelomeningocoele remains a significant neurosurgical challenge. We have carried out a retrospective study evaluating the practices of myelomeningocoele repair at our institute over the last 5 years. Additionally, for patients that have been followed up for at least 12 months, we have investigated parameters describing functional outcome up to this period.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAims: The purpose of this retrospective case series was to determine the incidence of complications and outcomes associated with a primary management policy of endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV) prior to posterior fossa tumour resection in a single paediatric neurosurgical unit.
Methods: Between July 1999 and August 2007, 59 children with posterior fossa tumours were surgically managed. Based on presenting neurology, imaging criteria and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) pressure during ventriculostomy, patients were categorised into no (n = 16), mild (6), moderate (22) or severe (15) hydrocephalus on admission.