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Time to Modify Rather than Discard the Transoral Approach to Selected Cases of Clival Chordomas at the Craniocervical Junction by Kirollos, R. W., Pillay, R.

“…Abstract Maintaining the transoral approach in the armamentarium of surgical approaches to clival chordomas mainly as a complimentary procedure to endonasal…”
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Endoscopic treatment of suprasellar and third ventricle-related arachnoid cysts by KIROLLOS, Ramez W, JAVADPOUR, Mohsen, MAY, Paul, MALLUCCI, Conor

“…To evaluate the role of neuroendoscopy in the treatment of rare suprasellar and other third ventricle-related arachnoid cysts. A review of supratentorial…”
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Radiotherapy as an adjuvant in the management of intracranial meningiomas: are we practising evidence-based medicine? by Marcus, H. J., Price, S. J., Wilby, M., Santarius, T., Kirollos, R. W.

“…Although increasingly used, the precise role of radiotherapy in the management of meningiomas is still disputed. The objective of this study, therefore, was to…”
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Management of chronic subdural haematoma – Authors' reply by Santarius, T, Kirkpatrick, PJ, Price, SJ, Kirollos, RW, Pickard, JD, Hutchinson, PJ

“…Chronic subdural haematomas respond strikingly to surgical drainage. [...] subjective assessment of patients by use of questionnaires may be inaccurate,…”
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Temozolomide responsiveness in aggressive corticotroph tumours: a case report and review of the literature by Annamalai, A. K., Dean, A. F., Kandasamy, N., Kovacs, K., Burton, H., Halsall, D. J., Shaw, A. S., Antoun, N. M., Cheow, H. K., Kirollos, R. W., Pickard, J. D., Simpson, H. L., Jefferies, S. J., Burnet, N. G., Gurnell, M.

“…Pituitary carcinoma occurs in ~0.2% of resected pituitary tumours and carries a poor prognosis (mean survival <4 years), with standard chemotherapy regimens…”
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Lessons to be learnt from the International Subarachnoid Haemorrhage Trial (ISAT) by Kirkpatrick, P J, Kirollos, R W, Higgins, N, Matta, B

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Technical considerations and long-term results of endovascular venous stenting to control venous hypertension from meningiomas invading intracranial venous sinuses by Higgins, J Nicholas P, Kirollos, Sherif R W, Helmy, Adel, Guilfoyle, Mathew R, Pickard, John D, Axon, Patrick R, Joannides, Alexis J, Jefferies, Sarah, Santarius, Thomas, Kirollos, Ramez

“…Meningiomas invading the intracranial venous sinuses may cause intracranial venous hypertension, papilledema, and visual compromise. Sinus resection and graft…”
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Papillary tumour of the pineal region by Santarius, T., Joseph, J. A., Tsang, K. T., O'Donovan, D. G., Kirollos, R. W.

“…Papillary tumour of the pineal region (PTPR) is a relatively new and rare pathological entity, which appears to run a spectrum of clinical courses. We add…”
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A preliminary experimental in vivo study of the effect of photodynamic therapy on human pituitary adenoma implanted in mice by W. Kirollos, R., Marks, P. V., Igbaseimokumo, U., Chakrabarty, A.

“…As surgery alone may prove inadequate to effecta cure for invasive pituitary adenomas, photodynamic therapy (PDT) was investigated as a possible adjuvant…”
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Management of spontaneous cerebellar hematomas: a prospective treatment protocol by Kirollos, R W, Tyagi, A K, Ross, S A, van Hille, P T, Marks, P V

“…To identify easily applicable guidelines for the surgical and conservative management of spontaneous cerebellar hematomas. A treatment protocol was developed…”
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Tuberculous osteitis of the skull: a case report and review of the literature by Tyagi, A K, Kirollos, R W, Kang, N V

“…A 13-year-old girl of Pakistani origin presented with a non-tender, fluctuant swelling over her left parietal area and an underlying skull defect. At the apex…”
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Evaluation of surgery for the tethered cord syndrome using a new grading system by Kirollos, R W, Van Hille, P T

“…A new grading system is presented to assess the degree of untethering achieved at surgery for the 'tethered cord syndrome' based on intraoperative observation…”
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Arteriovenous malformations by Weerakkody, R. A., Trivedi, R., Santarius, T., Kirollos, R. W.

“…Arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) represent one of the most complex lesions encountered by the vascular neurosurgeon. They are thought to arise by a…”
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Cerebellar mutism following posterior fossa tumour surgery by Jones, S, Kirollos, R W, Van Hille, P T

“…Two cases of transient mutism following operative removal of cerebellar medulloblastoma are reported. These add to the few cases reported in the literature of…”
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A second biopsy? – Tandem lesion by Ganesan, D., Dean, A. F., Antoun, N., Kirollos, R. W.

“…Summary This is a rare case of synchronous pituitary adenoma and PNET in an adult and first of this sort in the literature. The MR appearances suggest a single…”
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Endoscopy-assisted burr hole evacuation of subdural empyema by Kirollos, R W, Tyagi, A K, Boles, D M

“…A 71-year-old man developed a large multi-loculated subdural empyema following the evacuation of a chronic subdural haematoma. The pockets of pus were…”
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Muslin induced granuloma following wrapping of intracranial aneurysms: the role of infection as an additional precipitating factor. Report of two cases and review of the literature by Kirollos, R W, Tyagi, A K, Marks, P V, van Hille, P T

“…Two patients who developed what appeared to be a granulomatous reaction following muslin wrapping of unclipped aneurysms are reported. They presented with…”
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Sporadic malignant nerve sheath tumour of the oculomotor nerve by Santarius, T, Chia, H L, Xuereb, J H, Kirollos, R W

“…Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumours (MPNST) are exceedingly rare in an intracranial location. In this report clinical and pathological evidence for the…”
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Posttraumatic cerebellar infarction by Tyagi, A K, Kirollos, R W, Marks, P V

“…We report an 18-year-old patient who presented with delayed neurological deterioration secondary to posttraumatic cerebellar infarction. Management by…”
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Primary intradural classic chondrosarcoma: case report and literature review by Bosma, J J, Kirollos, R W, Broome, J, Eldridge, P R

“…The exact origin of rare intradural chondrosarcomas remains obscure. We present a case report of an intradural classic chondrosarcoma (a very rare subtype of…”
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