Belfast 2009 Abstracts
Meeting Abstracts
53rd Annual Meeting of the
Society for Research into Hydrocephalus and Spina Bifida
Belfast, United Kingdom
24th-27th June 2009
Abstract compiled by: Hugh
Richards1, Deborah Sival2: Honorary
Publication Secretaries 1Neurosurgery
Unit, Box 167, Addenbrookes Hospital, CAMBRIDGE CB2 0QQ
E-mail: hkr10@medschl.cam.ac.uk
2Department of Neurology, University
Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Hanzeplein 1, PO
Box 30001, 9700RB Groningen, the Netherlands E-mail:
d.a.sival@bkk.umcg.nl
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- Neural tube defects in 21st century: Is Northern Ireland changing? (Tabib Dabir, Fiona Stewart, Nan Hill)
- To study the epidemiology of Spina Bifida at our centre in India (Sangram Singh, Vigya Chourishi)
- Expectation of life and unexpected death in open spina bifida: 40 year complete, non-selective longitudinal cohort study. (Pippa Oakeshott, Gillian M Hunt, Alison Poulton, Fiona Reid)
- Pregnancy and labour in women with spina bifida (Reinhold Cremer[1], Nils Hofmann[1], Friedrich Wolff[2])
- Living with spina bifida: neurological and neuropsychological functioning in adults with severely impaired psychosocial adaptation (Jan Stubberud, Gunnar Riemer, Karen Grimsrud, Pål-Erik Paum)
- Cognitive and psychological sequelae of hydrocephalus and spina bifida: correlating subjective data and objective neuropsychological data to establish insight and inform clinical intervention and guidelines (Trudi Edginton[1],[2],[3], Jo Iddon[1],[2], Catherine Loveday[1],[2],[3], John Pickard[2], Richard Morgan[1])
- Visual field examination for children with shunted hydrocephalus (Diana Rudolph[1], Ina Sterker[2] , Holger Till[1], Gerd Gräfe[1], Christian Geyer[1])
- Efficacy of conventional valves compared to programmable valves in managing children & adolescents with hydrocephalus: a 450 valve retrospective study (Timothy Hatlen[1], David Shurtleff[1], Richard Ellenbogen[2], Anthony Avellino[2], Sharon Duguay[1])
- Measurement of capillary pulsations in the rat neocortex with two-photon laser scanning confocal microscopy (James P. McAllister, Mark E. Wagshul, Shams Rashid, Jie Li)
- Brain damage in experimental neonatal hydrocephalus: correlations between diffusion tensor imaging and cytopathology (James P. (Pat) McAllister, Kelley E. Deren, Ahmed Shereen, Weihong Yuan, Diana M. Lindquist, Scott K. Holland, Francesco T. Mangano)
- Global neuroinflammation patterns in experimental neonatal hydrocephalus (James P. (Pat) McAllister II, Jennifer Forsyth, Kelley E. Deren)
- CSF circulation and cerebral cortex development. (Jaleel Miyan)
- In hydrocephalus, do protein alterations correlate with gene expression? (Janet M Miller, Jordan Coggins, Adam Wojno, Dane Benner)
- Microglial downregulation in a double transgenic mouse model associated with early-onset Alzheimer´s disease (AD) after intraventricular implantation of alginate encapsulated Glucagon-like-peptide-1 (GLP-1) producing human mesenchymal stem-cells (Kathrin Harmening, Anna Heile, Miles Miller, Conrad E. Johanson; Christine Wallrapp, Thomas Brinker, Gerald D. Silverberg, Petra M. Klinge)
- Periventricular destabilization and ventriculomegaly in aging rats: implications for reduced neurogenesis and cognition (Conrad Johanson, Arthur Messier, Miles Miller, Crissey Pascale, Kumar Vasudevan, John Donahue, Edward Stopa, Ed Sabo, Ilias Caralopoulos, Petra Klinge, Thomas Brinker and Gerald Silverberg)
- Abdominal catheter with resistance can be an alternative in hydrocephalic children, when shunt implantation is impossible due to prematurity or extreme hydrocephalus (Kai Arnell and Pelle Nilsson)
- An in vitro investigation of the antimicrobial activity of silver – processed catheters for external ventricular drainage. (Litza Vera, Waheed Ashraf, Alison Mills, Oxana Stephenson and Roger Bayston)
- Adjustable gravitational valves. From the conception in 1996 to first implantations 2008 (Alfred Aschoff, Michael Kiefer, Uwe Kehler, Bahram Hashemi, Andreas Unterberg)
- Modelling, estimation and optimal control issues in cerebrospinal fluid dynamics (Kalyan Raman)
- An in vitro study to evaluate the antimicrobial activity of a shunt catheter against Propionibacterium acnes (Litza Vera, Roger Bayston, Waheed Ashraf)
- Preparation for adult participation, starting at the beginning (Judy Thibadeau, CDC’s Partnership for Transition)
- Quality of life of African children with spina bifida: results of a validated instrument (Hanneke Jansen[1], Esther Blokland[1], Catharine de Jong[1] , Janneke Greving[2] , Dan Poenaru[3])
- Independency in daily living of adult patients with myelomeningocele (MMC) (Mikkel Mylius Rasmussen, Dorte Clemmensen, Claus Mosdal)
- Decompensation of ‘arrested hydrocephalus’ – 2 Case Studies (Josephine Hillan, John P McCann)
- Palliative care: recognition of changing need in a children’s spina bifida service in Northern Ireland (Nan Hill, Roy McConnell, David McAuley)
- Journey into the unknown: a survey into the effects of ageing on the health of people with spina bifida and / or hydrocephalus in the West Midlands area. (Geraldine Long, Jenny Green)
- A survey of bowel washout practice in children with neuropathic bowel in the UK and Ireland (David Marshall, Laura Connolly, Emma Kelly)
- Effectiveness and independence – different treatments of neurogenic bowel dysfunction in children with myelomeningocele (Peter Wide[1], Mona Skevig[2], Hilde Arneberg[2], Finn Sommer[2], Gunilla Glad Mattsson[1], Sven Mattsson[1]. )
- Spend a penny independent – a multidisciplinary project (Gunilla1Department of IKE/Pediatrics andGlad Mattsson[1], Marie Donlau[2], Sven Mattsson[1])
- The double dutch technique: split ileal graft and double Monti tube in ileocystoplasy (Pieter.Dik; Rafal Chrzan, Aart Klijn; Tom De Jong)
- Fractures in children and adolescents with spina bifida - experience of a Portuguese tertiary care hospital (Humberto Marreiros[1], Luísa Monteiro[2], Clara Loff[1], Eulália Calado[2])
- Urinary calcium excretion in children with spina bifida: correlation to level of lesion, mobility and frequency of fractures? (Marcus Pauly, Reinhold Cremer)
- Review of cumulative diagnostic radiation exposure during childhood in patients with spina bifida (Gregory Smookler)
- The impact of continence - reviewed fourteen years later (Lissa Higgins, Sheilagh Reid )
- Fetal Operation Followed By Caesarean Section May Have A Beneficial Effect Upon Neuromuscular Function In Spina Bifida Aperta (Renate Verbeek[1], Axel Heep[2], Natasha Maurits[1], Reinhold Cremer[3], Oebele Brouwer[1], Johannes van der Hoeven[1], Deborah Sival[4])
- Hypoventilation and sleep apnoea in spina bifida – an unrecognised problem? (Josephine Hillan, John P McCann)
- A Porcine Model of Hydrocephalus Induced by Gamma Knife Irradiation (John Duncan III, Ilias Caralopoulos, Georg Noren, Edward Stopa, Gerald Silverberg, Petra Klinge, John Donahue, Michael Park, Miles Miller and Conrad Johanson)
- Expression of p73 in the developing human subcommissural organ (Emilia Carmona-Calero[1], Ibrahim González-Marrero[2], Leandro Castañeyra-Ruiz[2], Juan González-Toledo[1], Agustín Castañeyra-Ruiz[2], Héctor de Paz-Carmona[1], Maria Castañeyra[2], Isabel Hernández-Garde[1] and Agustin Castañeyra-Perdomo[1],[2])
- Choroid plexus differences in rats with spontaneous and induced hydrocephalus (Agustín Castañeyra-Perdomo[1],[2], Ibrahim González-Marrero[2], Juan M González-Toledo[2], Leandro Castañeyra-Ruiz[1], Héctor de Paz-Carmona[1] , Agustín Castañeyra-Ruiz[1], Maria Castañeyra[1], Isabel Hernández-Garde[2] and Emilia M Carmona-Calero[1],[2])
- A Swedish National Follow-Up Programme for Children and Adolescents with Myeloemeningocele (Sven Mattsson[1], Margareta Dahl[2], Ingrid Olsson[3], Maggie Wendelius[4], Lena Westbom[5], Eva Åström[6]. )
- A 50 year natural history of an untreated myelomeningocele – a rare case (Claus Mosdal, Mikkel Mylius Rasmussen, Dorte Clemmensen)
- Changing needs for children and adults with spina bifida and hydrocephalus in Northern Ireland (Marie McGonnell)
- Tethered cord – a new animal model (Dorte Clemmensen, Mikkel Mylius Rasmussen, Michael Pedersen, Sanja Karabegovich, Claus Mosdal)
- A single-unit survey of bowel washout practice in children with neuropathic bowel (David Marshall, Emma Kelly, Laura Connolly, Alan Bailie, Nan Hill)
- Experimental Hydrocephalus Pre-meeting 24th June 2009 (Hazel Jones)
- Long-Term Management of Children with Spina Bifida: Commentary on the Nurses’ Break-out Session, June 26th (Emma Kelly)
