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Very proud of our trainee #LaurenHarris for winning the Braakman prize for best performance at the part 2 FEBNS exam 2024. Very well done and amazing effort! EANS Young Neurosurgeons BNTA SBNS Kevin Tsang

Following her aucces at the European exams, #LaurenHarris has also been awarded the coveted #NormanDott medal for the best performance in the #FRCS exam!! We are so proud of you! SBNS Kevin Tsang BHR-NeuroSurgTeam(Romford) Great Ormond Street Neurosurgery BNTA

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Major trauma audit half-day kicks off by Mr Firthmas Dan Frith! Kevin Tsang Shehan Hettiaratchy @J_Lock32 Sara Logan Imperial Neurosurgery Imperial People 💙

I hope everyone are ready for the countdown to 2025! This also signifies the countdown for the next London #FRCS revision course for #neurosurgery! It'll be over 8/9 March if anyone is sitting the exam and wants to be on the course, then do DM me! Imperial Neurosurgery BNTA

A very happy and prosperous 2025 to everybody from the Imperial NHS 💙 #MTC team, especially all those at the frontline and shop floor on this #NYE2025!! Kevin Tsang Shehan Hettiaratchy London Ambulance Service Imperial EM

1🧵/ First 2025 #MorningPaper😊 This US matched cohort study of >290k veterans over a 24-year period looked at link between #epilepsy and #TBI. BNTA ebrain Imperial Neurosurgery SMH Major Trauma Epilepsy Mark Wilson EANS Young Neurosurgeons Young African Neurosurgeons Forum ACNS (Asian Congress of Neurological Surgeons) DOI: 10.1111/epi.18248

Congratulations to our trauma director Shehan Hettiaratchy for his OBE on the new year honours list!! 🎊🎊🥳 Not to mention he was also awarded his professorship from Imperial College London. Well deserved and the team is so proud!! Imperial People 💙

1🧵/ Amazing effort from this group looking at #SCI across Africa. Today's #MorningPaper looks at this meta-analysis of >11.5k cases from 105 articles. It's always useful to learn from others! SMH Major Trauma Imperial Neurosurgery BNTA Virtual Global Spine Conference DOI: 10.3171/2024.8.SPINE24614

1🧵/ This #MorningPaper focuses on #SCI prognostication, looking at complement cascade and liver function as markers, comparing different ASIA grades as well as improvers vs nonimprovers. SMH Major Trauma Imperial Neurosurgery BNTA Virtual Global Spine Conference Major Trauma Geriatrics doi.org/10.1089/neu.20…

1🧵/ JAMA previously published guidelines (2017) on use of #corticosteroids in septic shock and ARDS, with RCT evidence showing reduction in mortality. #MorningPaper SMH Major Trauma Major Trauma Geriatrics Cerys Morgan George Peck BNTA doi:10.1001/jama.2024.24537

1🧵/ GLOBAL-WEAN looked at individualised approach to spontaneous breathing trials to improve success rate of extubation for various critical illnesses. #MorningPaper SMH Major Trauma Imperial Neurosurgery Association of Anaesthetists Dr Helgi Cosmo BNTA doi.org/10.1007/s00134…

1🧵/ Elderly #TBI is an ⬆️problem, do we always need to admit them? #MorningPaper This retrospective study looked at 332 traumatic #ICH in <65 & 65 or above. SMH Major Trauma Imperial Neurosurgery Major Trauma Geriatrics BNTA Brain School George Peck Cerys Morgan doi.org/10.1007/s00068…

#Neurotrauma outreach roadshow restarts in 2025!! First stop - Ealing Hospital London North West University Healthcare. Thanks to #PaulBaghla, #HemanthSheth and the teams for looking after all the patients and receiving us! Great discussions were held! Kevin Tsang Rachel Foote Imperial People 💙 Imperial Neurosurgery

1🧵/ The #LiverpoolHITS system by Catherine McMahon came up in our MDT today so I thought I'd mention it here. Based on >1200 #mTBI (GCS 13-15) referrals, this score was created. #MorningPaper SMH Major Trauma RLH Neurosurgery TRAUMAtalks RLH Paeds ED/Trauma BNTA tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.108…

2/ With a sensitivity of 99% and specificity of 51.9%, this score has a NPV of 99.6% making it suitable to use when deciding whether a patient can be safely monitored locally or not. Major Trauma Geriatrics Great Ormond Street Neurosurgery Mark Wilson Grainne McKenna Anne Weaver Brain School

The first ever transatlantic #MixedReality simulation teaching with Penn Neurosurgery! Supraorbital approach and it's anatomy expertly described by Arthur Dalton! Hopefully first of many, thanks to XARLabs. Kevin Tsang SMH Major Trauma Imperial People 💙 Imperial College London BNTA SBNS

Congratulations 🎉 to Phil O'Halloran of Mater Hospital for being the new #Neurotrauma lead for SBNS! Well done buddy and hopefully this will improve collaboration between our countries!!

Honoured to be invited to Age Anaesthesia conference to talk about neck injuries in the older patients. A very engaging audience who were all eager to collaborate for better #SharedDecisionMaking in this complex cohort of patients. SMH Major Trauma Major Trauma Geriatrics SBNS

Lovely to be University of St Andrews contributing to their #Neurosurgery programme. Currently listening to an inspiring talk from Peter Brennan about research and the future.