Publications and Research

Publications

Laban JT, Theodorou N. Neglected Malignancy. Should We Treat? Abstract. Autumn Clinical General Meeting. Royal Society of Medicine (2003).

Laban JT. Neurocritical care: needed in an age of reason. eLetter (March 2005), re: Smith M. Neurocritical care: has it come of age? Br J Anaesth. 93, 753-5 (2004).

Laban JT, Gobindram A, Peterson D, Smith M. London Neurosurgical Critical Care – Capacity & Demand. Br J Neurosurg. 21(1), 55 (2007).

Laban JT, Nowell M, Aziz T, Graeber MB, Roncaroli F, Bain P. Post-mortem neuropathological findings in a patient with both subthalamic nucleus stimulator and subthalamic nucleus lesion. Br J Neurosurg. 21(2), 155 (2007).

Laban JT, Jain A, Patel M, Kirkpatrick N, Nanchahal J, O’Neill K. Extracranial-intracranial bypass using the thoracodorsal axis graft: a novel technique. Br J Neurosurg. 21(2), 133 (2007).

Laban JT, Gossage W, Van Dellen JR, Ulbricht C. Pre-outpatients MRI for lumbar degenerative disease. Br J Neurosurg. 21(2), 95 (2007).

Laban JT, O’Neill K. CNS infection. Surgery 25(12), 517-521 (2007).

Laban JT. Neurosurgery. In Handbook of Surgical Cross-Cover. 205-269 (Oxford University Press, 2008).

Laban JT, O’Neill K. CNS infection. Surgery 27(03), 125-129 (2009).

Kumar A, Valentin A, Selway RP, Elwes RDC, Laban JT, Alarcon G, Malik I. Prognostic factors affecting seizure outcome following epilepsy surgery. Br J Neurosurg. 24(4), 359 (2010).

Stanton C, Sethi F, Dale O, Phelan M, Laban JT, Eliahoo J. Comparison of emotional intelligence between psychiatrists and surgeons. The Psychiatrist 35, 124-129 (2011).

Kumar A, Malik I, Valentin A, Selway RP, Elwes RDC, Laban JT, Alarcon G. Does intra-cerebral pathology type affect seizure outcome following epilepsy surgery? Br J Neurosurg. 25(2), 169 (2011).

Nurboja B, Laban JT, Broughton S, Walsh D. Ventricular access device simulation training. Br J Neurosurg. 25(2), 178 (2011).

Sofela A, Laban JT, Selway RP. Patient and staff satisfaction with ‘day of admission’ elective surgery. Br J Neurosurg. 27(2), 146-51 (2013).

Laban JT, Rasul FT, Brecker SJ, Marsh HT, Martin AJ. Patent foramen ovale closure prior to surgery in the sitting position. Br J Neurosurg. 28(3), 421-2 (2014).

Fu RZ, Anwar DR, Laban JT, Maratos EC, Minhas PS, Martin AJ. Pre-emptive intrathecal vancomycin therapy reduces external ventricular drain infection: a single centre retrospective case-control study. Br J Neurosurg. 31(1): 16-20 (2017).

Tulloch I, Laban JT, Martin AJ. A proposed link between spinal epidural lipomatosis, prostate cancer and androgen deprivation therapy. J Clin Urol. 11(4), 299-301 (2017).

Greenway F, Tulloch I, Laban JT. Consent for post-operative visual loss in prone spinal surgery: aligning clinical practice with legal standards. Br J Neurosurg. 18, 1-6 (2018).

Presentations

Laban JT, Theodorou N. Pancreaticoduodenal Artery Aneurysm and Median Arcuate Ligament Compression. Clinical General Meeting, Royal Society of Medicine. London, UK (1999).

Laban JT, Theodorou N. Neglected Malignancy. Should We Treat? Clinical General Meeting, Royal Society of Medicine. London, UK (2001).

Laban JT. The Results of Nerve Root Decompression. 9th Spinal Surgery Symposium, Imperial College. London, UK (2003).

Laban JT, Smith M. London Neurosurgical Critical Care – Audit results. London Neurocritical Care Working Group. London, UK (2006).

Laban JT. Multimodal Invasive Cerebral Monitoring. Imperial College London Intensive Care Meeting. London, UK (2006).

Laban JT, Gobindram A, Peterson D, Smith M. London Neurosurgical Critical Care – Capacity & Demand. Society of British Neurological Surgeons Autumn Meeting. Preston, UK (2006).

Laban JT, Mendoza ND. The management of cauda equina syndrome and other emergencies. 14th Spinal Surgery Course, Imperial College. London, UK (2006).

Laban JT, Jain A, Patel M, Kirkpatrick N, Nanchahal J, O’Neill K. Extracranial-intracranial bypass using the thoracodorsal axis graft: a novel technique. Society of British Neurological Surgeons Spring Meeting. London, UK (2007).

Laban JT, Gossage W, Van Dellen JR, Ulbricht C. Pre-spinal outpatient MRI. Society of British Neurological Surgeons Spring Meeting. London, UK (2007).

Laban JT, Gossage W, Van Dellen JR, Ulbricht C. Efficiency for the spinal patient pathway. North West Thames Primary Care Group. London, UK (2007).

Laban JT. Experience in adversity – Race to the Pole. doctorsupdates Annual Meeting. Val d’Isere, France (2009).

Laban JT, Hinnell C, Hulse N, Clough C, Jarosz J, Samuel M, Ashkan K. Globus pallidus internus deep brain stimulation for hemidystonia following penetrating head injury. 14th International Congress of Parkinson’s disease and Movement Disorders. Buenos Aires, Argentina (2010).

Laban JT, Sharma PK, Malik I, Selway RP. Does intravenous atropine cause fixed dilated pupils? Society of British Neurological Surgeons Autumn Meeting. London, UK (2010).

Kumar A, Valentin A, Selway RP, Elwes RDC, Laban JT, Alarcon G, Malik I. Prognostic factors affecting seizure outcome following epilepsy surgery. Society of British Neurological Surgeons Autumn Meeting. London, UK (2010).

Sofela A, Laban JT, Chituku RC, Selway RP. Patient and staff satisfaction with the introduction of ‘day of admission surgery’. Society of British Neurological Surgeons Spring Meeting. Bristol, UK (2011).

Nurboja B, Laban JT, Broughton S, Walsh D. Ventricular access device simulation training. Society of British Neurological Surgeons Spring Meeting. Bristol, UK (2011).

Kumar A, Malik I, Valentin A, Selway RP, Elwes RDC, Laban JT, Alarcon G. Does intra-cerebral pathology type affect seizure outcome following epilepsy surgery? Society of British Neurological Surgeons Spring Meeting. Bristol, UK (2011).

Sofela A, Laban JT, Selway RP. Patient and staff satisfaction with ‘day of surgery admission’ elective surgery. British Neurosurgical Research Group Meeting. Newcastle, UK (2012).

Laban JT, Hasegawa H, Ashkan K. Neurosurgery and its role in studying consciousness. Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness 16th annual meeting. Brighton, UK (2012).

Fu RZ, Laban JT, Minhas PS, Martin AJ. Intrathecal vancomycin prophylaxis for external ventricular drains: a two-year observational study. Society of British Neurological Surgeons Autumn meeting. Leeds, UK (2012).

Fu R, Hassan S, Geoghegan O, Nyatanga P, Laban JT. Quality improvement on EVD access technique. International Forum on Quality and Safety in Healthcare. London, UK (2013).

Greenway FEA, Tulloch IA, Laban JT. Consent for post-operative visual loss (POVL) following prone spinal surgery. Society of British Neurological Surgeons Autumn meeting. Telford, UK (2016).

Laban JT. Awake craniotomy for gliomas. Guest Speaker. Sino-British International Forum for Glioma in Eloquent Areas. Shijiazhuang, China (2017).

Laban JT. Occipitocervical dislocation Faculty. Medtronic Winter University. Melbourne, Australia (2019).

Laban JT. Big data in cranial neurosurgery: experience, challenges and lessons from UK. Neurosurgical Society of Australasia Annual Scientific Meeting. Melbourne, Australia (2019).

Laban JT. Big data in spinal surgery: experience, challenges and lessons from UK. Neurosurgical Society of Australasia Annual Scientific Meeting. Melbourne, Australia (2019).

Research

Do Oligodendrocyte Precursors exist in the Human Brain?
Prize-winning BSc thesis involving laboratory and literature research. 1997.

ISUIA.
International study of unruptured intracranial aneurysms. Regional collaborator. 2006.

EQ-I.
Collaborator in comparative study of emotional intelligence in surgeons and psychiatrists. 2007.

Intrathecal vancomycin prophylaxis for external ventricular drains: a two-year observational study.
Principal Investigator. Single-centre study. 2012.

100,000 Genomes Project.
National Project. Regional Neurosurgical Lead. 2015.

Management of Brain Metastases.
National Audit. Regional Lead. 2017.