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Name

Mr Donald Macarthur

Qualifications

BSc MBChB DM FRCS(G) FRCS(Neurosurg)

Position

Consultant Paediatric Neurosurgeon

School/Division

Queen's Medical Centre / School of Human Development

Contact

Phone: +44 (0) 115 970 9103
Fax: +44 (0) 115 970 9241
Email: donald.macarthur@nuh.nhs.uk
Web: http://www.cbtrc.org/donald_macarthur

Research interests

Surgical management of brain tumours- including image guided surgery , neuroendoscopy, delivery of gene therapy and intracavitary chemotherapy

 

Tumour banking

 

Perfusion MR imaging of brain tumours

MR Spectroscopy of brain tumours

Postoperative imaging of tumours

 

Long term sequelae and quality of life issues after surgery

Recent publications

Kalkunte R, Macarthur D, Morton R. Glioblastoma in a boy with Fragile X; an unusual case of neuroprotection. Archives of Disease in Childhood (epub ahead of April 2007).

 

Maxwell M, Seneviratne M, Macarthur D, Veale P (2007). Parental feedback surveys should be used more widely for monitoring the quality of paediatric care. Paediatric Anaesthesia 17: 297-298.

 

Shastri-Hurst N, Tsegaye M, Robson DK, Lowe JS & Macarthur DC (2006). Stereotactic brain biopsy : an audit of sampling reliability in a clinical case series. British Journal of Neurosurgery 20: 222-226 (2006)

 

Becker J, Sivakumar G, Auer D, Macarthur DC, Jaspan T (2006). Post-operative imaging of paediatric brain tumours. Should the protocol be changed?

British Neurosurgical Research Group, Hurstwood Park.

 

Buxton N, Macarthur D, Robertson I, Punt J (2003). Neuroendoscopic third ventriculostomy for failed shunts. Surgical Neurology 60: 201-204.

 

Macarthur DC, Morgan P, Martel A, Byrne PO, Moody AR (2002). Can Gliomas be graded using multimodality MRI? British Journal of Neurosurgery 16: 407.