Children's Brain Tumour Research Centre
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Name
Miss Maria Cartmill
Qualifications
MBChC FRCS(G) FRCS (Neurosurg)
Position
Consultant Adult and Paediatric Neurosurgeon
School/Division
Neurosciences, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham
Contact
| Phone: | 0115 970 9105 |
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| Fax: | 0115 970 9075 |
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| Web: | http://www.cbtrc.org/maria_cartmill |
Research interests
Clinical
Investigating reasons for the delay in paediatric tumour diagnosis
Neuroendoscopic tumour and hydrocephalus management
Intrachiasmatic germinomas
Fetal neuro-developmental anomalies
Fetal MRI for CNS anomalies
Comparison of fetal MRI and ultrasound imaging – correlation of neurological pathologies demonstrated by the two modalities
Neonatal aneurysms
Infant spinal arachnoid cysts
Non-Clinical
Risk management in neurosurgery
Medical ethics
Counselling skills for healthcare professionals
Recent publications
Woon K, Shah J, Cartmill M (2007, accepted for publication). Thoracic arachnoid cyst presenting acutely with postural irritability and pain from spinal cord compression in a 14-month old. A discussion of the case and review of the literature. Br J Neurosurg.
Rana A, Koumellis P, Jaspan T, Cartmill M, McConachie N (2007, accepted for publication). Treatment of ruptured middle cerebral artery aneurysms in the first two months of life by coil embolization. Journal of Neurosurgery.
Woon K, Cartmill M (2006). Spontaneous umbilical CSF fistula in an adult as a complication of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt. Br J Neurosurg 20(4):1-2.
Cartmill M (2005). Guidelines for Management of Antanatally Diagnosed Neuro-Developmental Anomalies. Meeting of European Fetal Anomalies (Neuro).
Cartmill M, Tsegaye M, Vloeberghs M (2005). Neuroendoscopic treatment of cystic thalamic and midbrain lesions. Third World Conference of the International Study Group on Neuroendoscopy (ISGNE). Child's Nervous System 21(6) : 501.
Fitzgerald J, Jaspan T, Cartmill M (2003). A benign pilomatrixoma mimicking a skull vault tumour in a 9 month old girl. Br J Neurosurg 17(5):469-470.
Tsegaye M, Cartmill M, Vloeberghs M, Skene A (2002). The influence of age, aetiology and procedure type on the outcome of neuroendoscopic third ventriculostomy assessed with multivariate analysis. European Association of Neurosurgical Societies Communication; Session VI: 39.