January 4, 2021 • 0 Comments Myelomeningocele

A myelomeningocele is a form of spina bifida (spina bifida occulta). Myelomeningocele accounts for around 75% of all spina bifida cases. This...

December 27, 2020 • 0 Comments Professor Ashkan on the BBC

Professor Ashkan joins the BBC news team to revisit the amazing story of Dragma, his patient who played the violin during brain...

December 21, 2020 • 0 Comments Lipomyelomeningocele

A lipomyelomeningocele is a birth defect, meaning that it is present from birth, that affects the spine. A lipomyelomeningocele is usually in...

December 10, 2020 • 0 Comments Arteriovenous Malformation AVM

Brain arteriovenous malformation A brain arteriovenous malformation AVM occurs when there is an abnormal tangle of blood vessels to arteries and veins...

November 30, 2020 • 0 Comments Thoracic Disc Herniation

A thoracic disc herniation can be a painful condition where the fibrous outer part of the disc tears and the inner gelatinous...

November 19, 2020 • 0 Comments Encephalocele

Encephalocele is a rare congenital birth defect, where the skull does not form properly which allows brain tissue, cerebrospinal fluid and blood...

November 11, 2020 • 0 Comments Metastatic Brain Tumour

A metastatic brain tumour means cancer cells has spread through the bloodstream or the lymph system from its original tumour site and...

October 30, 2020 • 0 Comments Minimally Invasive Spinal Fusion

Minimally invasive spinal fusion surgery takes a revolutionary approach to traditional spinal surgery. A traditional spinal fusion surgery is a surgical procedure...

October 23, 2020 • 0 Comments Sacroiliac Joint Injections

Sacroiliac joint Pain (SI joint pain) can lead to patients having severe lower back pain. If you would like to find out...

October 21, 2020 • 0 Comments Carpal tunnel syndrome

Mr Bassi tells us all about what happens if you suffer from carpal tunnel syndrome. Carpal tunnel syndrome is a condition whereby...

October 21, 2020 • 0 Comments Deep brain stimulation

Deep brain stimulation a type of functional neurosurgery or neuromodulation. It is done by implanting electrodes into a specific area of the...

October 21, 2020 • 0 Comments Trigonocephaly

Mr Sanj Bassi one of our leading paediatric neurosurgeons explains to us what trigonocephaly is. Trigonocephaly also known as metopic craniosynostosis is a...

October 21, 2020 • 0 Comments Vagus nerve stimulation

What is Vagus Nerve Stimulation? Vagus nerve stimulation is a type of neuromodulation. The aim of the treatment is to help children...

October 21, 2020 • 0 Comments Functional neurosurgery

What is functional neurosurgery? Professor Ashkan talks us through what functional neurosurgery means and how it works. We asked Professor Ashkan what...

October 21, 2020 • 0 Comments TMS

Mr Francesco Vergani, our resident TMS specialist, in this week’s blog discusses all about TMS or transcranial magnetic stimulation. Transcranial magnetic stimulation...

October 21, 2020 • 0 Comments Syringosubarachnoid shunt

Mr Bassi, syringomyelia and shunt specialist, explains all about a syringosubarachnoid shunt. A syringosubarachnoid shunt is used to drain a build-up of...

October 21, 2020 • 0 Comments VISUALASE

Professor Ashkan and Mr Bhangoo are currently the only surgeons in the UK able to perform the Visualase ® procedure for brain...

October 21, 2020 • 0 Comments Image-guided brain biopsy

Mr Ranjeev Bhangoo explains what happens during an image-guided brain biopsy. Here at LNP it’s common for us to perform a brain...

October 21, 2020 • 0 Comments Gamma Knife

Gamma Knife is a highly focused beam of radiation that is used to treat brain conditions such as a brain tumour. This...

October 21, 2020 • 0 Comments Foramen magnum decompression

Foramen magnum decompression is a procedure used to treat Chiari malformation. Chiari malformation occurs when the spinal cord is under pressure from...

October 21, 2020 • 0 Comments Craniotomy

What is a craniotomy? A craniotomy is the most common type of operation to remove a brain tumour. To access the tumour,...

October 21, 2020 • 0 Comments Aneurysm clipping

A brain aneurysm is a bulge in a blood vessel caused by a weakness in the blood vessel wall, usually where the...

October 20, 2020 • 0 Comments Baclofen pump

Mr Sanj Bassi explains to us all about the Baclofen pump and what they can be used to treat. As neurosurgeons we...

October 20, 2020 • 0 Comments Awake craniotomy

Professor Ashkan explains what’s what with awake brain surgery. An awake craniotomy is a type of surgical procedure performed on the brain...

October 20, 2020 • 0 Comments Spinal cord stimulation

Professor Ashkan explains to us what Spinal Cord Stimulation is and how it is surgically inserted. Overview of spinal cord stimulation A...

October 20, 2020 • 0 Comments Spinal fusion

One of our complex spine experts, Mr Irfan Malik, explains to us all about spinal fusion surgery and what all the acronyms...

October 20, 2020 • 0 Comments Sacroiliac joint fusion

Sacroiliac joint fusion surgery is used to treat sacroiliac joint pain. What are sacroiliac joints? You have two sacroiliac bones in the...

October 20, 2020 • 0 Comments PLDD

PLDD or Percutaneous Laser Disc Decompression is a new minimally invasive technique. Mr Malik, one of the UK’s leading minimally invasive spinal...

October 20, 2020 • 0 Comments Pars repair

Pars repair is a surgical method to treat a pars defect, a condition that affects the lumbar (lower) spine. Treatment is required...

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October 20, 2020 • 0 Comments Microdiscectomy

Mr Nicholas Thomas explains the procedure for a microdiscectomy. A microdiscectomy is a minimally invasive surgical procedure used to treat patients who...

October 20, 2020 • 0 Comments Lumbar spine discectomy

Mr Gordan Grahovac, one of the London Neurosurgery Partnership’s complex spine specialists, discusses what a lumbar spine discectomy is and why you...

October 20, 2020 • 0 Comments Lumbar spine decompression

Mr Irfan Malik is an expert in all thing’s spine related, so we have asked him what a lumbar spine decompression actually...

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October 20, 2020 • 0 Comments Kyphoplasty

Kyphoplasty is used to relieve the pain caused by compression fractures of the spine, which can be caused by osteoporosis, multiple myeloma,...

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