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Poster Session, Thursday 15 April - 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm 2 minutes per poster

Functional/Stereotaxy Chair: Alex Green, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, Oxford, UK

FS 1 Is there a role for Trigeminal Balloon Compression when Microvascular Decompression fails? A. Kumaria, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK

FS 2 Visual Field Deficits and Driving Outcomes at 1-year Post-temporal Lobectomy for Temporal Lobe Epilepsy: A Single Surgeon’s Experience P.Y.A. Aw, Institute of Neurosciences and Spinal Unit, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow, UK

Covid Chair: Alex Green, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, Oxford, UK

C 1 Neurosurgery activity levels during the first wave of the COVID-pandemic: a single centre, retrospective cross-sectional cohort study G.E. Richardson, Walton Centre, , UK

C 2 COVID-19 related perioperative infection and mortality rates in two UK Neurosurgical Centres during the peaking phase of the pandemic M.T. Hasan, Neurosurgery Department, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, Salford, Manchester, UK

C 3 Comparison of outcomes of neurosurgical operations performed before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: a matched cohort study E. Toman, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, UK

C 4 The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the metastatic spine disease management: a single tertiary centre experience M.A. Abdalla, Charing Cross Hospital, London, UK

C 5 The Impact of COVID-19 on neurosurgical head trauma referrals and admission at a tertiary neurosurgical centre. S. Sinha, Salford Royal Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK

C 6 The impact of COVID-19 on trauma referrals to a National Neurosurgical Centre J. Horan, National Neurosurgical Centre, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland

C 7 The effect of COVID-19 pandemic on management and outcome of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage patients in the university hospital of wales A. Fath, Neurosurgery department, UHW, Cardiff, UK

C 8 Subarachnoid haemorrhage in covid-19: a tertiary centre experience B.J. Hall, The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK

C 9 Do Neurosurgery Patients Prefer Telephone Clinics? A. Kumaria, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK

C 10 Patient and Neurosurgeon perceptions of the virtual neurosurgery consultations in the COVID-19 era: A prospective mirror- survey evaluation study S.S.C. Chaganty, Peninsula Medical School, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK

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C 11 Telephone consultations in neuro-oncology during the COVID-19 pandemic: levels of patient satisfaction and comparison with traditional face-to-face consultations Z. A. Sher, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Trust, Birmingham, UK

Miscellaneous Chair: Paul Brennan, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK

M 1 Documented Driving Advice in Neurosurgical Patients Compared to Current Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) Guidance E.J. Norton, St George’s Hospital, London, UK

M 2 The gender gap at neurosurgical conferences J. Woodfield, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Edinburgh, Scotland

M 3 The utilisation of the MUST nutritional screening tool in a Neurosurgical cohort: An audit R.D Sundaram, University of Glasgow, Undergraduate Medical School, Glasgow,

M 4 Integrated care pathways in Neurosurgery: A systematic review K.S. Lee, Department of Clinical Neurosurgery, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

M 5 Beanbag surgical positioner: Evaluation of a new surgical positioning device in Neurosurgical practice A.P. Perera, Kings College Hospital, Londo , UK

M 6 Perception & recollection of Risks and benefits in Neurosurgery patients : Study of Consent A. E. Moursi, Salford NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester , UK

M 7 Quality Improvement Project: Improving Oxygen Prescribing in a Tertiary Neurosurgical Centre A Vastani, King's College Hospital, London, UK

M 8 The SELKaM Trauma Network Virtual Clinic: a preliminary evaluation of the novel service A. Baig Mirza, Kings College Hospital, London, UK

M 9 Usefulness of Royal College of Surgeons of Operation Note Guidelines to Neurosurgical Practice: A Closed Loop Audit R. Bradley, Institute of Neurological Sciences, Glasgow

Oncology Chair: Paul Grundy, University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK

O 1 Extent of resection in glioblastoma multiforme: A 10-year local survival analysis P.G. McAleavey, School of Medicine, Queen's University Belfast, UK and Department of Neurosurgery, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, UK

O 2 Safer Re-do Glioblastoma Surgery: an Audit J. Kang, Queen's Hospital, Romford, UK

O 3 Proposal for supplemental cortical and novel subcortical maps to Penfield’s motor homunculus: Intraoperative mapping study of pre-central motor cortex and subcortex P. Ghimire, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK

O 4 Challenges of non-navigated intraoperative ultrasound(ioUS) in adult cranial neuro-oncological surgery P. Ghimire, King's College Hospital NHS foundation Trust

O 5 Fluorescein Guided Microsurgical Resection of Brain Tumours: Technical Setup and Early Experience in a Single Centre C. Y. Akhunbay-Fudge, Neurosurgery Department, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds, UK

O 6 Recovery of SMA syndrome: a fMRI case of the role of lateral premotor cortical and subcortical connections M. El Sheikh, Institute of Neurological Sciences, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow, UK

O 7 Tumour Treating Fields in Glioblastoma: Is the treatment tolerable, effective, and practical in UK Patients? S. Trifoi, The Walton Centre, Liverpool, UK

O 8 The Usefulness of Pre-Operative Extra-Cranial Imaging In Radiologically Suspicious Glioblastoma Multiforme S. Lammy, Institute of Neurological Sciences, Glasgow, UK

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O 9 Service reconfiguration into an urgent elective pathway for the management of glioblastoma patients improves adjunct use and outcomes: a single centre six year review R. Sun, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, UK

O 10 The Burr-Hole Biopsy (Where do we admit these patients and what is their rate of complications?) G.B. Bonanos, James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough UK

O 11 The growth rate and clinical outcomes of radiation induced meningioma undergoing treatment or active monitoring- can we predict their path from diagnosis? C. S. Gillespie, Institute of Systems, Molecular and Integrative Biology, , Liverpool, UK

O 12 10-Year Institutional Retrospective Case Series of WHO Grade II Gliomas and Correlation of Seizures, Lobar Location, Histopathological Subtype and IDH-1 Mutation (2010-2020) S. Lammy, Institute of Neurological Sciences, Glasgow, UK

O 13 Therapeutic strategies and challenges in the management of craniospinal tumours in pregnancy: a 10-year retrospective tertiary centre study P. Ghimire, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, UK

Spine Chair: Justin Nissen, Royal Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

S 1 Metastatic spinal cord compression - when should we be operating? L. Ferguson, James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, UK

S 2 Estimating survival in patients treated surgically for the metastatic cord compression – what can we rely on? O. Sleem, Department of Neurosurgery, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, UHB, Birmingham

S 3 Withdrawn

S 4 Out-of-hours magnetic resonance imaging for suspected cauda equina syndrome: lessons from a comparative study across two centres B. Sachdev, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, UK

S 5 Determining the outcomes of an emergency department’s back pain pathway in the investigation of suspected acute cauda equina syndrome in a tertiary level hospital. K. Karia, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, UK

S 6 Outcomes Following Surgery Cauda Equina Syndrome, Single Institution Experience M. Kumar, University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire

S 7 Case series-Intradural disc in recurrence of lumbar disc prolapse B Alhani, The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital Birmingham, UK

S 8 Vertebral Artery Injury During Anterior Cervical Spine Surgery S. Nissen, Leeds School of Medicine, Leeds, UK

S 9 Cervical myelopathy mimicking intramedullary tumor: A case report and review of literature. A. vats, James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough

S 10 The Glasgow Lumbar Spinal Stenosis Scale: An Individualised Formula for the Radiological Assessment of Lumbar Spinal Stenosis R. Bradley, Institute of Neurological Sciences, Glasgow

S 11 Development of a Search Filter for Ovid Embase for Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy M.A. Khan, Academic Neurosurgery Unit, Department of Clinical Neurosurgery, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, UK

S 12 A multicentre review of surgical management and outcomes in spinal intradural arachnoid cysts A. Baig Mirza, Kings College Hospital, London, UK

S 13 Management of Spinal Chordomas – Our Single Institution Experience J. Bartram, Department of Neurosurgery, King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK

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S 14 A 10-year single centre experience of surgically managed intradural extramedullary tumours A. Vastani, King's College Hospital, London, UK

S 15 Surgical site infections (SSI) in spine surgery: Retrospective analysis at a tertiary spinal neurosurgery referral centre in UK G. Pang, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

S 16 Avoidance of motor nerve injury during XLIF at L4-5 level by microscopic approach. M. R Hassan, Department of Neurosurgery, Leeds General Infirmary

S 17 Systematic review of radiological grading systems for cervical foraminal stenosis J. Meacock, Leeds, UK

S 18 Spinal subdural extra-arachnoid hygromas: recognition and management of a post-operative pathology T. Robinaon, Southmead Hospital, Bristol, UK

S 19 Global Neurotrauma Outcomes Study Spine: An international, multi-centre, prospective cohort study on the injury profile, management and outcomes of traumatic spinal injury S. Mediratta, NIHR Global Health Research Group on Neurotrauma, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

S 20 When should complex schwannoma cases bridge specialty divisions? A. Van den Broeck, Department of Neurosurgery, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, UHB, Birmingham, UK

S 21 Varied Central Cord Syndrome Practice In UK A. E. Moursi, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, UK

S 22 Routine in-hospital radiographs following anterior cervical discectomy and fusion surgery: neither necessary nor cost-effective? R. McCabe, Neurosurgery Queen Elizabeth hospital, Birmingham, UK

S 23 Septic Arthritis of Facet Joints: A systematic review and pooled data analysis of 110 cases. M. A. Boissaud-Cooke, University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust, Plymouth, UK

S 24 Long term PROMs (patient reported outcome measures) for the non-operative management of odontoid peg fractures in the elderly H.K.C. Searle, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK

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Poster Session, Friday 16 April 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm

Poster Paediatrics No Chair: Greg James, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK

P 1 A Retrospective Audit on The Utility of Dexamethasone In Paediatric Neuro-oncosurgery In A Tertiary Care Centre Over A 10- Year Period. A. Chumbala Na Ayudhaya, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh, UK

P 2 Dexamethasone use in paediatric CNS tumours: standard practice with no standard. S. Morrison, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK

P 3 Assessment of 5-aminolevulinic acid induced fluorescence during re-do surgery for paediatric brain tumours and correlation with contrast enhancement on pre-operative MRI: A review of 11 cases. S. Dockrell, Royal Manchester Children's Hospital

P 4 A systematic review of surgery for optic pathway glioma S.M.B. Momin, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, UK

P 5 Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy with Choroid Plexus Cauterisation versus Shunting for Paediatric Hydrocephalus: a systematic review and meta-analysis. S.I. Honeyman, Department of Neurosurgery, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK

P 6 Non-Invasive halo in management of Traumatic Craniocervical Osseo-ligamentous injury in a 10 year old: A Case report M. Mancuso-Marcello, Division of Clinical Neurosciences, Edinburgh, UK P 7 Neonatal Head Injury O. Egunjobi, Paediatrics department, Sacred Heart Hospital, Nigeria

Skullbase Chair: Eleni Maratos, Kings College Hospital, London, UK

SB 1 Single stage resection of spheno-orbital intraosseous meningiomas with custom silicone prosthetic reconstruction – a case series D. Evans, School of Medicine, Keele University, Staffordshire, UK

SB 2 Approach to Vestibular Schwanomma in the Older Population A .S. J .Ferguson, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee, UK

SB 3 A 10 year single centre surgical experience of clival chordomas M. Okasha, Kings College Hospital London

SB 4 A simple but effective solution to CSF leak repairs in transsphenoidal surgery: Fat in the fossa and the sphenoid A 10-year single-centre retrospective analysis A. Baig Mirza, Kings College Hospital, London, UK

SB 5 Skull Base Repair Following Endonasal Skull Base Tumour Resection – A Systematic Review D.Z. Khan, The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, UK

SB 6 Comparing endoscopic and microscopic trans-sphenoidal hypophysectomy with regards to 12 months post-surgery hormone replacement requirement outcomes. S. R. Ranjan, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, UK

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SB 7 Advanced imaging has not improved remission rates in patients undergoing transsphenoidal surgery for Cushing’s disease - A systematic review and meta-analysis C. H. Koh, The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, United Kingdom

Neurovascular Chair: Jash Patel, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK

N 1 Management of aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage 17 years after the ISAT Trial: a survey of current practice in the UK and Ireland M. J. Zorman, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK

N 2 Cerebral revascularisation surgery: a survey of current practice in the UK and Ireland R.I. Iorga, St George's Hospital, London, UK

N 3 Treatment decisions and outcomes in poor-grade subarachnoid haemorrhage: a single-centre experience L. Galloway, Royal Stoke University Hospital, Stoke-on-Trent, UK

N 4 Delayed imaging in spontaneous, non-aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage: a tertiary centre experience B.J. Hall, The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK

N 5 Spontaneous obliteration of cerebral arteriovenous malformations: when is the best time to spot this rare outcome? O. Olukoya, Institute of Neurological Sciences, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow, UK

N 6 Medical versus surgical third nerve palsies: is it time to abandon this dichotomy A. Craig-McQuaide, Institute of Neurological Sciences, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow, UK

CSF Chair: Paul Chumas, Leeds Teaching Hospital, NHS Trust, Leeds, Leeds, UK

CF 1 Integrated fundal assessment pathway for patients with suspected shunt malfunction via digital retinal images C. Y. Akhunbay-Fudge, Neurosurgery Department, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds, UK

CF 2 Peritoneal placement of CSF shunts: evaluation of distal misplacement and migration at a large single centre over 10 years. S. Williams, Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust, Birmingham, UK

CF 3 Positioning the abdominal incision to reduce spontaneous coiling of ventriculoperitoneal shunt distal catheters: a case- control study. F. Fiorini, The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, UK

CF 4 External ventricular drain management in subarachnoid haemorrhage: a systematic review and metanalysis J. Palasz, The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, UK

CF 5 Reduction in CSF Infection Rates Following Implementation of CSF sampling Technique in External Ventricular Drains G. Pang, King's College NHS Foundation Trust

CF 6 Can intra-operative cerebrospinal fluid sampling predict future ventriculo-peritoneal shunt infections in paediatric patients? C.W. Chia, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, UK

CF 7 Cerebrospinal fluid infections in neurosurgery – conclusions from a large single-centre 8-year study. S. Williams, Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust

CF 8 Lumbar drain infection rates relate to duration of drainage and CSF sampling. A large cohort study. Q. Al Banna, King's College Hospital, London, UK

CF 9 Cerebrospinal fluid production rate in various pathological conditions: A preliminary study K. Tariq, The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, UK

CF 10 Common trajectories for freehand frontal ventriculostomy: A systematic review J. Henry, National Neurosurgical Unit, Dublin, Ireland

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CF 11 Endoscopic intraventricular approach to septum pellucidum cavernoma : A technical note and literature review P. Ghimire, King's College Hospital, london, UK

CF 12 Novel methodologies to analyse ventricular wall anatomy O. N. Grant, Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, UK

CF 13 Posterior Fossa Decompression and Duraplasty with and without Arachnoid Preservation for the Treatment of Adult Chiari Malformation Type 1: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis M. Osborne-Grinter, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh, UK

CF 14 Management of anterior sacral meningoceles: A single-centre case series M. A. Kamal, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

Old Age Neurosurgery Chair: Surajit Basu, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham, UK

OA 1 New face of Neurosurgery – Impact of increasing elderly population on Neurosurgical services M. Kumar, University Hospitals Coveentry and Warwickshire OA 2 The accuracy of frailty information at referral and its impact on decision making in acute cranial neurosurgical patients. H.C.U Ota, Imperial Healthcare Trust, London, UK

OA 3 A Proposed Risk-Scoring Model For Elective Neurosurgery In The Elderly: A Single-Institution Retrospective Review Of 356 Patients K.S. Lee, Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, University Surgical Cluster, National University Health System, Singapore

Infection Chair: Surajit Basu, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham, UK

IN 1 Perioperative means to prevent Surgical Site Infections following elective craniotomies. A Single Centre Experience F Colombo, Salford Royal Hospital, Manchester, UK

IN 2 Retrospective study of the neurosurgical management of cerebral abscesses at a large single centre over a three year period. S. Williams, Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust, Birmingham, UK

IN 3 Withdrawn

Teaching and Training Chair: Simon Thomson, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds, UK

TT 1 Burnout amongst neurosurgical trainees working in the UK N.L. Salloum, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK

TT 2 Specialised Commissioning in the Neurosciences: A Trainee’s Perspective from an Out of Programme Experience M. A. Boissaud-Cooke, University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust, Plymouth, United Kingdom

TT 3 Development of a novel ultrasound-assisted EVD model: a pilot study G.Y.H.R. Evans, The Royal London Hospital, London, UK

TT 4 The Neurosurgery Department Handbook: enhancing junior trainee inductions to the specialty A Baig Mirza, Kings College Hospital, London, UK

TT 5 Balint Groups in neurosurgical training: a useful transferable training tool. A .Kotecha, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

TT 6 Enhancing Neurosurgery Education in Junior Doctors and Medical Students – A Pilot Neurosurgery Virtual Lecture Series J.X. Lee, James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, UK

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TT 7 Online Neurosurgical Teaching during COVID-19; An effective way of delivering medical student teaching and expanding exposure to our specialty nationally and internationally during a global pandemic O.J. MacCormac, Queens Hospital, Romford, UK

TT 8 Implementation of a Neurosurgical Shadowing Scheme for Medical Students and Evaluation of its Impact on Perceptions of Neurosurgery as a Specialty of Interest. A. Baig Mirza, Kings College Hospital, London, UK

TT9 A human factors approach to learning from a critical incident: a case study of neurogenic shock referral and admission difficulties E. Fioratou, Dundee Medical School, Dundee, UK

Trauma Chair: Adel Helmy, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, UK

T 1 Identifying Risk Factors for Re-Operation Following Cranioplasty Insertion: A Single-Centre Review of Cranioplasty Outcomes over 15 Years M.A. Patel, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, UK

T 2 Cranioplasty materials: A systematic review & series of network meta-analyses of 5025 procedures J. Henry, National Neurosurgical Unit, Dublin, Ireland

T 3 Traumatic brain injury is a risk factor for complications of cranioplasty: A systematic review & meta-analysis M. Amoo, National Neurosurgical Unit, Dublin, Ireland

T 4 Independent predictors of mortality and discharge destination in patients admitted with traumatic brain injury to a tertiary neurosurgical centre. H.L Maye, Salford Royal Foundation Trust, Salford, UK

T 5 Comparing Subdural vs. Subgaleal vs. No drain after burrhole evacuation of chronic subdural haematoma: A single centre study S. Azam, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland

Brain Storm Session Chairs: Mark Wilson, Imperial College Hospitals, London, UK & Katie Gilkes, The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK

BS 1 Mindfulness in neurosurgical training: meditate to operate. S.R. Morrison, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK

BS 2 How Can Sports' Training Techniques Improve Neurosurgical Performance? M. Osborne-Grinter, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh, UK

BS 3 From Bench-Press to Bedside; should Neurosurgeons care about their Strength and Conditioning? M. Mancuso-Marcello, Division of Clinical Neuroscience, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, UK

BS 4 The Sideways CT Scan Sign A. Kumar, The Institute of Neurological Sciences, Glasgow, UK

BS 5 Imaging in Post operative Craniotomy Patient to Detect Raney Clip: Technical Tip P. Briggs, Hull Royal Infirmary, Hull, East Yorkshire, UK

BS 6 Identifying and Improving Constipation in Neurosurgical Patients O. Kennion, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Edinburgh, UK

BS 7 Music for Perioperative Neurosurgical Management: A Mixed-Methods Systematic Review K. C. Ng Kee Kwong, Department of Neurosurgery, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK

BS 8 Electrically Assisted Pedal Cycles – Is new legislation required to mitigate increased head injury risk? S. P. Trichinopoly Krishna, University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire, Coventry, UK

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BS 9 Technical case and case report: Hiccups during neurosurgery, a rare phenomenon S. Hazem, Department of Neurosurgery, King’s College NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK

BS 10 Brain buoyancy M. A. Abdalla, St. George's university hospital, London, UK