Management of Traumatic Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis: A United Kingdom and Ireland Survey on Practice Variation.

Traumatic cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (tCVST) is an increasingly recognized sequela of traumatic brain injury (TBI), with skull fractures and extradural hematomas overlying venous sinuses recognized as risk factors. Although it may be treated with anticoagulation, the decision to treat tCVST is nuanced by the risk of new or worsening hemorrhage. Presently, there are no guidelines on the investigation and management of tCVST.

MRI-Guided Focused Ultrasound for the Treatment of Dystonia: A Narrative Review.

Contemporary surgical management of dystonia includes neuromodulation via deep brain stimulation (DBS) or ablative techniques such as radiofrequency (RF) ablation. MRI-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) is an emerging modality that uses high-intensity ultrasound to precisely ablate targets in the brain; this is incisionless, potentially avoiding the surgical risks of a burr hole and transcortical tract to reach the anatomical target. There is some evidence of efficacy in essential tremor and Parkinson's disease (PD), but, to date, there is no study aggregating the evidence of MRgFUS in dystonia.

Ventriculo-atrial shunt in idiopathic intracranial hypertension.

Purpose: CSF diversion  is a recognised intervention in idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH), particularly in the presence of vision-threatening papilledema. Although ventriculo-atrial (VA) shunt insertion is a routine neurosurgical procedure, ventriculoperitoneal and lumboperitoneal shunts have been mostly used in this particular indication. This study aims to look at a single centre's experience with VA shunts in idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH).

A Tried and Tested Waterproof Draping Method for Major Ear Surgery.

Preparing and maintaining a clean operative field is the standard of care in all surgical fields globally. Major ear surgery has its own challenges such as the long surgical procedure time and the tricky local anatomical landscape. A waterproof method of draping for major ear surgery is described in this technical report.

Thyroid Metastasis From Caecal Adenocarcinoma.

The thyroid is a rare site of colorectal metastasis, comprising 0.1% of the surgical case series. A 62-year-old woman with caecal adenocarcinoma and previously surgically resected lung and liver metastases presented incidentally with a right thyroid nodule, which had grown and become symptomatic.

Internal Jugular Vein Fenestration: An Intraoperative Finding Without a Radiological Clue.

A comprehensive understanding of the anatomical variations of the internal jugular vein (IJV) is essential to prevent inadvertent injuries during neck procedures, particularly neck dissection. In addition, its relationship with the spinal accessory nerve in the upper part of the neck is relatively variable. IJV fenestration refers to bifurcation of the vein with reunion proximal to the subclavian vein, whereas IJV duplication refers to continued branching till joining the subclavian vein separately.