Publications by authors named "John Amaechi Emelifeonwu"
Article Synopsis
- A study was conducted to assess the state of mentorship in Neurosurgical training across the UK, involving a questionnaire sent to all UK and Ireland neurosurgical trainees, yielding a 42% response rate.
- While the majority of trainees valued mentorship, with an average of 2.91 mentors, 16% reported having none, and many felt uncomfortable discussing personal wellbeing with their mentors.
- The ideal mentor traits identified include being personally chosen, working in the same hospital, and having formal mentorship training, highlighting a need for more supportive mentorship focusing on personal development alongside clinical skills.
Acute cerebellar ataxia is the most common cause of acute ataxia in children and it usually runs a self-limiting and ultimately benign clinical course. A small proportion of children have evidence of inflammatory swelling in the cerebellum. Many of these children suffer more severe and potentially life-threatening forms of cerebellar ataxia and may need more intensive treatments including urgent neurosurgical treatments.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: The purpose of the retrospective case series of eight consecutive patients is to call our attention to the optimal timing of decompressive craniectomy (DC) in children.
Method: We report the outcomes of eight children under the age of 12 with severe head injuries. DC was performed at different intracranial pressure (ICP; 20 and 25 mmHg) levels.