“What are we doing to these bright young people?”, it seemed we were guilty of extraordinary negligence.

Medical students look to those currently working, if junior drs are badly let down and morale at an all time low - then how else should we expect medical students to feel?

“You shouldn’t have to destroy your own
mental health in order to help others.” Sarah Farrell

What have we done to medical students? thelancet.com/journals/lance…

Really happy to see this book with dinesh bhugra and Sarah Farrell come out with OUP Medicine . Thank you to all the students and colleagues around the world for your help and perseverance- without you it wouldn't have happened. We hope it helps- change is needed in our med schools

Delighted to have the launch of the book at Royal College of Psychiatrists this afternoon. Thanks to OUP Medicine more so to Andrew Molodynski and Sarah Farrell for all the heavy lifting.We MUST look after the next generation and future workforce more so than ever to improve recruitment and retention #NHS

Are you an aspiring neurosurgeon? Want to maximise your chances of getting into neurosurgery run-through training in the UK? Then apply for one of our Neurosurgical JCF posts in Oxford NOW!

apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/515… BNTA Alex Boukas OUH

1. What are some of the factors influencing the extent of resection, predictors of survival, and outcomes of endoscopic vs open approaches when managing clival and craniovertebral junction chordomas?

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1. Can copeptin analysis be used to predict which patients are at risk of developing Diabetes Insipidus (DI) following trans-sphenoidal surgery (TSS)?
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1. Can preoperative prealbumin levels be utilised to predict CSF leak and infection following endoscopic endonasal skull base surgery?

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Link: doi.org/10.1016/j.wneu…

1. Can 3D volumetric analysis be used as a predictive tool for the extent of resection in complex endoscopic pituitary surgery? #pituitarysurgery #tweetorial 🧠🔪

1. Is endonasal endoscopic skull base surgery in children associated with radiological evidence of post-operative rhinosinusitis?
 
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Link to paper: doi.org/10.1002/lary.3…

1. What are the optimal indications and clinical outcomes of the endoscopic transorbital approach (ETOA) for trigeminal schwannomas?

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1. Having a delayed postoperative hyponatraemia (DPH) is a unique complication of transsphenoidal surgery. How often does it happen? Are there any risk factors associated with its prevalence? 🧂🫧

1. How can we reliably identify patients at risk of postoperative diabetes insipidus (DI) following transsphenoidal surgery?

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Link to paper: doi.org/10.3171/2021.1…

Kudos to Sarah Farrell, one of our NTN here in Oxford, for bringing one of my cases at the Neurology/Neurosurgery Grand Rounds! Excellent work Sarah Farrell w/ such a comprehensive and elegant presentation! OxfordNeurotrauma Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences Oxford Neurosurgical Society OUH

1. Does resection of the cavernous sinus medial wall improve remission rate in functioning pituitary tumours?

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1. What’s the incidence of VTE in Cushing’s syndrome (CS) patient? Is there a reason they have higher VTE risk compared to other pituitary pathology? How is this typically managed? 🧠🩸 Lynnette Nieman

1. Can T2-weighted MRI sequences be used to identify the presence of the inferior intercavernous sinus (IICS) pre-operatively?
 
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1. Is the distinction between planum sphenoidal meningiomas (PSMs) and tuberculum sellae meningiomas (TSMs) clinically meaningful?

Is there a difference in endonasal endoscopic approach (EEA) outcomes between the two?

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