- South West Neurosurgery Centre, Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust, Derriford Hospital
- peter.whitfield@plymouth.ac.uk
Profiles
Mr Peter Whitfield
Honorary Lead for Professionalism
Peninsula Medical School (Faculty of Health: Medicine, Dentistry and Human Sciences)
Key publications are highlighted
Journals
Articles
2019
'Dex-CSDH randomised, placebo-controlled trial of dexamethasone for chronic subdural haematoma: report of the internal pilot phase'
Scientific Reports
9,
(1)
, DOI
PEARL
2019
'Current epidemiology of cerebrospinal fluid shunt surgery in the UK and Ireland (2004–2013)'
Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
90,
(7)
747-754
, DOI
PEARL
2019
'Correction to: Dexamethasone for adult patients with a symptomatic chronic subdural haematoma (Dex-CSDH) trial: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial'
Trials
20,
(1)
, DOI
PEARL
2019
'Decompressive Hemicraniectomy in the Treatment of Malignant Middle Cerebral Artery Infarction: A Meta-Analysis'
World Neurosurgery
123,
8-16
, DOI
2019
'Correlation Between Cost of Publication and Journal Impact. Comprehensive Cross-sectional Study of Exclusively Open-Access Surgical Journals'
Journal of Surgical Education
76,
(1)
107-119
, DOI
2018
'Dexamethasone for adult patients with a symptomatic chronic subdural haematoma (Dex-CSDH) trial: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial'
Trials
19,
(1)
, DOI
PEARL
2018
'Increasing motivation and engagement in neurosurgery for medical students through practical simulation-based learning'
Annals of Medicine and Surgery
34,
75-79
, DOI
PEARL
2018
'A pilot study of trainee-led near-peer undergraduate teaching in neurosurgery'
International Journal of Surgery
55,
S102-S102
, DOI
2018
'Does open-access provide an opportunity or pose a barrier? A comprehensive survey on the cost of publication in exclusively open-access surgical journals'
International Journal of Surgery
55,
S102-S102
, DOI
2018
'Treatment options and pathophysiology of degenerative spine disease'
Surgery (Oxford)
36,
(7)
362-369
, DOI
2018
'Outcomes following surgery in subgroups of comatose and very elderly patients with chronic subdural hematoma'
Neurosurgical Review
42,
(2)
427-431
, DOI
PEARL
2018
'The evolution of British neurosurgical selection and training over the past decade'
Medical Teacher
40,
(6)
610-614
, DOI
2017
'Prospective, multicentre study of external ventricular drainage-related infections in the UK and Ireland'
Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
89,
(2)
120-126
, DOI
PEARL
2017
'The management and outcome for patients with chronic subdural hematoma: a prospective, multicenter, observational cohort study in the United Kingdom'
Journal of Neurosurgery
127,
(4)
732-739
, DOI
2017
'Giant vertebrobasilar aneurysm: a rare cause of central sleep apnoea'
British Journal of Neurosurgery
33,
(5)
559-561
, DOI
2017
'What Factors Determine Treatment Outcome in Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage in the Modern Era? A Post Hoc STASH Analysis'
World Neurosurgery
105,
270-281
, DOI
2017
'Pathophysiology of chronic subdural haematoma: inflammation, angiogenesis and implications for pharmacotherapy'
Journal of Neuroinflammation
14,
(1)
, DOI
PEARL
2016
'Evaluating the educational environment of an international animal model-based wet lab course for undergraduate students'
Annals of Medicine and Surgery
12,
8-17
, DOI
PEARL
2016
'Management of CSF leak in base of skull fractures in adults'
British Journal of Neurosurgery
30,
(6)
596-604
, DOI
PEARL
2016
'Trial of Decompressive Craniectomy for Traumatic Intracranial Hypertension'
New England Journal of Medicine
375,
(12)
1119-1130
, DOI
2016
'A case of spontaneous haematoma from vertebral artery arterio-venous fistula in a patient with neurofibromatosis type 1'
British Journal of Neurosurgery
1-2
, DOI
PEARL
2016
'Simulation in neurosurgical training: a blueprint and national approach to implementation for initial years trainees'
British Journal of Neurosurgery
30,
(5)
577-581
, DOI
PEARL
2016
'Head injury in the elderly - what are the outcomes of neurosurgical care?'
World neurosurgery
94,
493-500
, DOI
PEARL
2016
'Early versus late readmission of subarachnoid haemorrhage patients into neurocritical care'
British Journal of Neurosurgery
30,
(5)
545-548
, DOI
PEARL
2016
'Neurosurgical Care in the Elderly: Increasing Demands Necessitate Future Healthcare Planning'
World Neurosurgery
87,
446-454
, DOI
2016
'Postpartum Regression of a Presumed Cavernous Meningioma'
Case Reports in Oncological Medicine
2016,
1-3
, DOI
PEARL
2015
'Proceedings of the 2015 Spring Meeting of the Society of British Neurological Surgeons jointly with, as invited guests, the German Society of Neurosurgery (DGNC – Deutche Gessellschaft für Neurochirurgie)'
British Journal of Neurosurgery
29,
(2)
124-163
, DOI
2013
'Proposal for establishment of the UK Cranial Reconstruction Registry (UKCRR)'
British Journal of Neurosurgery
28,
(3)
310-314
, DOI
2013
'Seven years of cranioplasty in a regional neurosurgical centre'
British Journal of Neurosurgery
28,
(1)
34-39
, DOI
2012
'Traumatic brain injury: review of current management strategies'
Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg
50,
(4)
298-308
, DOI
2011
'An association between cerebral aneurysm re-bleed and CT angiography--more than a coincidence?'
Br J Neurosurg
25,
(6)
734-735
, DOI
2010
'No Association between Intraoperative Hypothermia or Supplemental Protective Drug and Neurologic Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Temporary Clipping during Cerebral Aneurysm Surgery'
Anesthesiology
112,
(1)
86-101
, DOI
2009
'PERIOPERATIVE FEVER AND OUTCOME IN SURGICAL PATIENTS WITH ANEURYSMAL SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE'
Neurosurgery
64,
(5)
897-909
, DOI
2009
'Effect of Nitrous Oxide Use on Long-term Neurologic and Neuropsychological Outcome in Patients Who Received Temporary Proximal Artery Occlusion during Cerebral Aneurysm Clipping Surgery'
Anesthesiology
110,
(3)
563-573
, DOI
2009
'Intracranial pressure and cerebral blood flow. A pathophysiological and clinical perspective'
Surgery (Oxford)
27,
(3)
139-144
, DOI
2007
'Multiple method verification of the positional accuracy of linac based stereotactic radiosurgery and radiotherapy'
CLINICAL ONCOLOGY
19,
(3)
S44-S44
, DOI
2007
'Custom made cranioplasty prostheses in porous hydroxy-apatite using 3D design techniques: 7 years experience in 25 patients - Comment'
ACTA NEUROCHIRURGICA
149,
(2)
170-170
2006
'Autoreactive antibodies against neurons and basal lamina found in serum following experimental brain contusion in rats - Comment'
ACTA NEUROCHIRURGICA
148,
(2)
205-205
2006
'Mechanisms of secondary brain damage for trauma and ischaemia recent advances of our understanding'
DISABILITY AND REHABILITATION
28,
(2)
141-142
2005
'Mild intraoperative hypothermia during surgery for intracranial aneurysm'
NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE
352,
(2)
135-145
, DOI
2003
'Cost-effective outcome for treating poor-grade subarachnoid hemorrhage'
Stroke
34,
(10)
2508-2511
, DOI
2003
'Metastatic adenocarcinoma masquerading as a solitary nerve sheath tumour'
Br J Neurosurg
17,
(5)
459-461
, DOI
2002
'Cerebral autoregulation among patients with symptoms of hydrocephalus'
Neurosurgery
50,
(3)
526-532
, DOI
2001
'Cerebral venous blood outflow: a theoretical model based on laboratory simulation'
Neurosurgery
49,
(5)
1214-1222
, DOI
2001
'Management of severe traumatic brain injury by decompressive craniectomy'
Neurosurgery
49,
(1)
225-226
, DOI
2001
'Age dependence of cerebrospinal pressure—volume compensation in patients with hydrocephalus'
Journal of Neurosurgery
94,
(3)
482-486
, DOI
2001
'Preliminary experience of the estimation of cerebral perfusion pressure using transcranial Doppler ultrasonography'
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry
70,
(2)
198-204
, DOI
2001
'Bifrontal decompressive craniectomy in the management of posttraumatic intracranial hypertension'
Br J Neurosurg
15,
(6)
500-507
, DOI
2001
'Timing of surgery for aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage'
Cochrane Database Syst Rev
(2)
, DOI
2000
'Expression of the immediate early genes c-Fos and c-Jun after head injury in man'
Neurol Res
22,
(2)
138-144
, DOI
1999
'Delayed induction of JunB precedes CA1 neuronal death after global ischemia in the gerbil'
Brain Res
818,
(2)
450-458
, DOI
1997
'Glomus tumours of the skull base (multiple letters) [2]'
British Journal of Neurosurgery
11,
(3)
1997
'Glomus tumours of the skull base'
Br J Neurosurg
11,
(3)
1996
'Shunt removal by choroid plexus coagulation - Response'
JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGERY
85,
(5)
982-983
1996
'An audit of aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage: earlier resuscitation and surgery reduces inpatient stay and deaths from rebleeding'
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry
60,
(3)
301-306
, DOI
1996
'The surgical management of patients with glomus tumours of the skull base'
Br J Neurosurg
10,
(4)
343-350
, DOI
1995
'Safe removal of retained ventricular catheters using intraluminal choroid plexus coagulation. Technical note'
J Neurosurg
83,
(6)
1101-1102
, DOI
1995
'SAFE REMOVAL OF RETAINED VENTRICULAR CATHETERS USING INTRALUMINAL CHOROID-PLEXUS COAGULATION'
JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGERY
83,
(6)
1101-1102
, DOI
1995
'ICP REDUCTION FOLLOWING DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY'
STROKE
26,
(6)
1125-1126
1995
'An observational study of near-infrared spectroscopy during carotid endarterectomy'
J Neurosurg
82,
(5)
756-763
, DOI
1994
'Nimodipine'
Br J Hosp Med
52,
(10)
539-540
1994
'Suctionversus siphon drainage after axillary surgery for breast cancer: A prospective randomized trial'
British Journal of Surgery
81,
(4)
547-547
, DOI
1992
'The cerebrovascular response to experimental lateral head acceleration'
Acta Neuropathol
84,
(3)
289-296
, DOI
Books
Whitfield PC; Thomas EO; Summers F; Whyte M; Hutchinson PJ
2009
head injury a multidisciplinary approach.
Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
Chapters
0
'Clinical assessment of the head-injured patient: an anatomical approach'
Head Injury
Cambridge University Press
28-35
, DOI
0
'Medico-legal aspects of head and neck injury'
Head Injury
Cambridge University Press
288-298
, DOI
0
'Surgical issues in the management of head-injured patients'
Head Injury
Cambridge University Press
167-179
, DOI
Conference Papers
2010
'TIME IS BRAIN'
S419-S419
1997
'Inducible transcription factor expression after cerebral ischaemia'