Building resilience of street-connected children during COVID-19: turning rights into practices through CINI method.

This article examines the methods and opportunities for SCC's meaningful participation that recognize their agency and are aligned with General Comment No. 21 (GC21) to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) on Children in Street Situations (UNCRC, 1989). This article explains the application of CINI's core practice models which explains the child centrality in development practices for "turning rights into practice for children" derived from the development of agency among SCC, peer researchers, and child advocates for resilience building within their community during COVID-19.

Tophaceous spinal gout in a young man with complete spinal cord injury.

Gout is a common inflammatory arthritis, caused by monosodium urate crystal deposition in the joints. Gout typically affects peripheral joints but less commonly it affects the spine. We report a case of a man in his 30s with chronic gout who presented acutely with thoracic back pain and flaccid paralysis of his lower limbs.

Gamma Knife Stereotactic Radiosurgery for the treatment of chordomas and chondrosarcomas.

Introduction: Primary chordomas and chondrosarcomas of the skull base are difficult tumours to treat successfully. Despite advances in surgical techniques, a gross total resection is often impossible to achieve. In addition, some patients may be deemed unsuitable or not wish to undergo extensive surgery for these conditions.

A Retrospective Analysis of the Role of Single-Session Gamma Knife Stereotactic Radiosurgery in Sporadic Vestibular Schwannomas with Tumor Volumes Greater Than 10 cm3: Is It Worth Stretching the Boundaries?

Objective: To evaluate the role of single-session Gamma Knife stereotactic radiosurgery (GK-SRS) in the treatment of vestibular schwannomas (VSs) with volumes of greater 10 cm3.

Methods: A retrospective analysis was performed of 103 patients treated with single-session GK-SRS between 1993 and 2011 with a mean follow-up of 6.2 years ± 4.

Contemporary radiosurgery of cerebral cavernous malformations: Part 2. Treatment outcome for hemispheric lesions.

Objective: The role of radiosurgery (RS) in treating superficial cavernous malformations (CMs) is insufficiently studied in part because of the disappointing results of early experimental attempts as compared to the mostly safe and effective microsurgery. Nonetheless, because of lesion- or treatment-specific factors, a therapeutic alternative may be required. In this study, the authors aimed to assess the safety of RS in treating superficial CMs and to analyze its long-term effect on hemorrhage rates and epilepsy control.

Contemporary radiosurgery of cerebral cavernous malformations: Part 1. Treatment outcome for critically located hemorrhagic lesions.

Objective: Long-term benefits of radiosurgery (RS) applying modern protocols to treat cavernous malformations (CMs) remain unclear as critics may consider the decrease in the rebleed rate generally observed 2 years after RS as a reflection of the lesion's natural history. The authors adopted an early intention-to-treat attitude since rehemorrhage from deep-seated CMs ultimately leads to stepwise neurological deterioration. The safety of this early policy was previously demonstrated.

Repeat Radiosurgery Treatment After Cavernous Malformation Radiosurgery.

Objective: Of cavernous malformations (CMs) treated with radiosurgery (RS), 5% bleed after 2-year initial latency period. This rate is similar to failure rate of RS for other pathologies, which often require repeat RS for favorable outcome. The aim of this pilot study was to define failure of CM RS and to assess safety of second RS.

Closing the dura: dural hitching versus surgicel and tisseel overlay graft in craniocervicaldecompression for Chiari 1 malformation.

Background: This study compares dural hitching to surgicel and tisseel overlay graft following craniocervical decompression and C1 laminectomy with simple durotomy for Chiari I malformation. Outcome measures were syrinx decompression, headache resolution and complication rates.

Methods: A retrospective analysis of case notes was conducted.

Spontaneous methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus spondylodiscitis-Short course antibiotic therapy may be adequate: Evidence from a single centre cohort.

Spontaneous methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus spondylodiscitis is increasing in prevalence and there appears to be little consensus on the optimum management of this condition. This paper analyses antimicrobial therapy and associated outcomes over a seven-year period at a large UK hospital trust. A retrospective search strategy identified 55 patients; notes were available for 39.