SUSS invites you to our April Journal club, where this month we’re focusing on frontiers in paediatric neurosurgery.
Preet Makker will present a case report discussing the multidisciplinary approach to separating craniopagus conjoined twins (joined at the cranium). The complex surgical approach required 3D modelling and the input of neuroradiologists, intensivists, paediatricians and neurosurgeons to achieve success.
Neil Mgaeith will then compare outcomes between the use of robotic and manual paediatric neurosurgery to provide accurate, safe and minimally invasive solutions to surgical problems in what can often be difficult variant anatomy with no margin for error.
Join us at the RPA Institute for Academic Surgery on Wednesday 24th April at 6pm.
Presenters and Papers:
Preet Makker
Heuer, G. G., Madsen, P. J., Flanders, T. M., Kennedy, B. C., Storm, P. B., & Taylor, J. A. (2019). Separation of Craniopagus Twins by a Multidisciplinary Team. The New England Journal of Medicine, 380(4), 358-364. doi:10.1056/NEJMoa1805132
Neil Mgaieth
Benedictis, A. D., Trezza, A., Carai, A., Genovese, E., Procaccini, E., Messina, R., Marras, C. E. (2017). Robot-assisted procedures in pediatric neurosurgery. Neurosurgical Focus, 42(5), E7. doi:10.3171/2017.2.focus16579