Benedetta Pettorini

• Hall BJ, Duddy JC, Apostolopoulou K, Pettorini B. A tailored approach to the management of post-haemorrhagic hydrocephalus. Childs Nerv Syst. 2024 Mar 40: 665-671

• Hall BJ, Ali AMS, Hennigan D, Pettorini B. Hydrocephalus in prematurity: does valve choice make a difference? Childs Nerv Syst. 2024 Apr 40: 1091-1098

• Gillespie CS, Hall BJ, George AM, Hennigan D, Sneade C, Cawker S, Silva AHD, Vloeberghs M, Aquilina K, Pettorini B. Selective dorsal rhizotomy in non-ambulant children with cerebral palsy: a multi-center prospective study. Childs Nerv Syst. 2024 Jan 40: 171-180

• Hall BJ, Duddy JC, Apostolopoulou K, David R, Kurzbuch A, Nadkarni A, Trichinopoly Krishna S, Cooper B, Gouldbourne H, Hennigan D, Dawes W, Ellenbogen J, Parks C, Pettorini B, Sinha A, Mallucci C. Intracranial Empyemas in the COVID-19 Era: A New Phenomenon? A Paediatric Case Series and Review of the Literature. Pediatr Neurosurg. 2023;58(4):215-222

• Apostolopoulou K, Setia V, Pettorini B, Parks C, Ellenbogen J, Dawes W, Mallucci C, Mehta B, Sinha A. Secure windows for child safety: a retrospective study of window falls in children, aiming to raise prevention awareness. Childs Nerv Syst. 2023 Apr 24:1-11

• Roylance A, Spinty S, Pettorini B. Communicating hydrocephalus and raised intracranial pressure in association with multi-systemic smooth muscle dysfunction syndrome (MSMDS). Childs Nerv Syst. 2023 Mar;39(3):825-828

• Hall BJ, Gillespie CS, Sunderland GJ, Conroy EJ, Hennigan D, Jenkinson MD, Pettorini B, Mallucci C: Infant hydrocephalus: what valve first?. Childs Nerv Syst. 2021 Nov 37

• Vennarini S, Amelio D, Lorentini S, Colafati GS, Cacchione A, De Vito R, Carai A, Pettorini B, Amichetti M, Mastronuzzi A: Magnetic Resonance Imaging during Proton Therapy Irradiation Allows for the Early Response Assessment of Pediatric Chordoma. Diagnostics (Basel). 2021 Jun 18

• Sunderland G, Foster MT, Pizer B, Hennigan D, Pettorini B, Mallucci C: Evolution of surgical attitudes to paediatric thalamic tumours: the alder hey experience. Childs Nerv Syst. 2021 Sep 37

• Hall BJ, S Gillespie C, Hennigan D, Bagga V, Mallucci C, Pettorini B: Efficacy and safety of the Miethke programmable differential pressure valve (proGAV®2.0): a single-centre retrospective analysis. Childs Nerv Syst. 2021 May 21

• Lodh R, Amin S, Ammar A, Bellis L, Brink P, Calisto A, Crimmins D, Eunson P, Forsyth RJ, Goodden J, Kaminska M, Kehoe J, Kirkpatrick M, Kumar R, Leonard J, Lording A, Martin K, Miller R, Mordekar SR, Pettorini B, Smith M, Smith R, Sneade C, Whitney A, Vloeberghs M, Zaki H, Lumsden DE: Intrathecal baclofen pumps in the management of hypertonia in childhood: a UK and Ireland wide survey. Arch Dis Child. 2021 Apr 14

• Piper RJ, Afshari FT, Soon WC, Kolias AG, Dyson EW, Watkins L, Laing R, Lo WB, Jayamohan J; British Neurosurgical Trainee Research Collaborative (BNTRC) UK Chiari 1 Study: protocol for a prospective, observational, multicentre study. BMJ Open. 2021 Apr 12

• Avula S, Jaspan T, Pizer B, Pettorini B, Garlick D, Hennigan D, Mallucci C: Comparison of intraoperative and post-operative 3-T MRI performed at 24-72 h following brain tumour resection in children. Neuroradiology. 2021 Feb 25

• Gillespie CS, George AM, Hall B, Toh S, Islim AI, Hennigan D; Alder Hey Physiotherapy Group, Kumar R, Pettorini B: The effect of GMFCS level, age, sex, and dystonia on multi-dimensional outcomes after selective dorsal rhizotomy: prospective observational study. Childs Nerv Syst. 2021 May 37

• Aly A, Pettorini B: COVID-19 lockdown presented a chance to evaluate emergency referrals to paediatric neurosurgical unit: a prospective cohort study. Childs Nerv Syst. 2021 Mar;37(3):729-732

• Gillespie C, Hall B, Mahmood N, Pettorini B. Complex Cervicomedullary Junction Malformation and Hypoplastic Cerebellar Tonsils following Fetal Repair of Myelomeningocele: Case Report and Literature Review. Pediatr Neurosurg. 2020;55(3):175-180

• Srinivasan HL, Foster MT, van Baarsen K, Hennigan D, Pettorini B, Mallucci C. Does pre-resection endoscopic third ventriculostomy prevent the need for post-resection CSF diversion after pediatric posterior fossa tumor excision? A historical cohort study and review of the literature. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2020 Feb 21:1-10

• Tejada S, Aquilina K, Goodden J, Pettorini B, Mallucci C, van Veelen ML, Thomale UW. Biopsy in diffuse pontine gliomas: expert neurosurgeon opinion-a survey from the SIOPE brain tumor group. Childs Nerv Syst. 2020 Apr;36(4):705-711

• Sokratous G, Hadfield O, Van Tonder L, Hennigan D, Ellenbogen J, Pettorini B, Mallucci C. Management of paediatric hydrocephalous with Miethke fixed pressure gravitational valves. The Alder Hey Children’s Hospital experience. Childs Nerv Syst. 2020 Sep;36(9):2021-2025

• Whelan R, Prince E, Mirsky DM, Naftel R, Bhatia A, Pettorini B, Avula S, Staulcup S, Alexander AL, Meier M, Hankinson TC. Interrater reliability of a method to assess hypothalamic involvement in pediatric adamantinomatous craniopharyngioma. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2019 Oct 11:1-6

• Mallucci CL, Jenkinson MD, Conroy EJ, Hartley JC, Brown M, Dalton J, Kearns T, Moitt T, Griffiths MJ, Culeddu G, Solomon T, Hughes D, Gamble C; BASICS Study collaborators. Antibiotic or silver versus standard ventriculoperitoneal shunts (BASICS): a multicentre, single-blinded, randomised trial and economic evaluation. Lancet. 2019 Oct 26;394(10208):1530-1539

• Summers J, Coker B, Eddy S, Elstad M, Bunce C, Bourmpaki E, Pennington M, Aquilina K, Cawker S, Edwards R, Goodden J, Hawes S, McCune K, Pettorini B, Smith J, Sneade C, Vloeberghs M, Patrick H, Powell H, Verity C, Peacock JL; Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy Steering Committee. Selective dorsal rhizotomy in ambulant children with cerebral palsy: an observational cohort study. Lancet Child Adolesc Health. 2019 Apr 29

• McAuley E, Brophy H, Hayden J, Pettorini B, Parks C, Avula S, Mallucci C, Pizer B. The benefit of surveillance imaging for paediatric cerebellar pilocytic astrocytoma. Childs Nerv Syst. 2019 May;35(5):801-805.

• Apps JR, Carreno G, Gonzalez-Meljem JM, Haston S, Guiho R, Cooper JE, Manshaei S, Jani N, Hölsken A, Pettorini B, Beynon RJ, Simpson DM, Fraser HC, Hong Y, Hallang S, Stone TJ, Virasami A, Donson AM, Jones D, Aquilina K, Spoudeas H, Joshi AR, Grundy R, Storer LCD, Korbonits M, Hilton DA, Tossell K, Thavaraj S, Ungless MA, Gil J, Buslei R, Hankinson T, Hargrave D, Goding C, Andoniadou CL, Brogan P, Jacques TS, Williams HJ, Martinez-Barbera JP. Tumour compartment transcriptomics demonstrates the activation of inflammatory and odontogenic programmes in human adamantinomatous craniopharyngioma and identifies the MAPK/ERK pathway as a novel therapeutic target. Acta Neuropathol. 2018 May;135(5):757-777.

• Tejada S, Avula S, Pettorini B, Henningan D, Abernethy L, Mallucci C. The impact of intraoperative magnetic resonance in routine pediatric neurosurgical practice-a 6-year appraisal. Childs Nerv Syst. 2018 Apr;34(4):617-626.

• Mukherjee S, Zebian B, Chandler C, Pettorini B. Stenotrophomonas maltophilia CSF infection in infants after neurosurgery. Br J Hosp Med (Lond). 2017 Dec 2;78(12):724-725.

• Kilday JP, Caldarelli M, Massimi L, Chen RH, Lee YY, Liang ML, Parkes J, Naiker T, van Veelen ML, Michiels E, Mallucci C, Pettorini B, Meijer L, Dorfer C, Czech T, Diezi M, Schouten-van Meeteren AYN, Holm S, Gustavsson B, Benesch M, Müller HL, Hoffmann A, Rutkowski S, Flitsch J, Escherich G, Grotzer M, Spoudeas HA, Azquikina K, Capra M, Jiménez-Guerra R, MacDonald P, Johnston DL, Dvir R, Constantini S, Kuo MF, Yang SH, Bartels U. Intracystic interferon-alpha in pediatric craniopharyngioma patients: an international multicenter assessment on behalf of SIOPE and ISPN. Neuro Oncol. 2017 Oct 1;19(10):1398-1407.

• Cooke RP, Pettorini B, Mallucci C. Prevention and management of neurosurgical shunt infections. J Hosp Infect. 2017 Feb;95(2):161-162.

• Zebian B, Vergani F, Lavrador JP, Mukherjee S, Kitchen WJ, Stagno V, Chamilos C, Pettorini B, Mallucci C. Recent technological advances in pediatric brain tumor surgery. CNS Oncol. 2017 Jan;6(1):71-82.

• Sinha A, Pettorini B. Neurofibroma of the cervical spine in infants: a case-based update. Childs Nerv Syst. 2016 Dec;32(12):2281.

• Kumar N, Al-Faiadh W, Tailor J, Mallucci C, Chandler C, Bassi S, Pettorini B, Zebian B. Neonatal post-haemorrhagic hydrocephalus in the UK: a survey of current practice. Br J Neurosurg. 2016 Sep 30:1-5.

• Ellenbogen JR, Waqar M, Pettorini B. Management of post-haemorrhagic hydrocephalus in premature infants. J Clin Neurosci. 2016 Sep;31:30-4

Isaac E, Lang J, Sinha A, Pettorini B. Neurofibroma of the cervical spine in infants. Childs Nerv Syst. 2016 Jun;32(6):1023-4.

• Narenthiran G, Parks C, Pettorini B. Management of Chiari I malformation in children: effectiveness of intra-operative ultrasound for tailoring foramen magnum decompression. Childs Nerv Syst. 2015 Aug;31(8):1371-6

• Kitchen WJ, Pizer B, Pettorini B, Husband D, Mallucci C, Jenkinson MD. Paediatric intracranial anaplastic ependymoma: the role of multiple surgical resections for disease relapse in maintaining quality of life and prolonged survival. Pediatr Neurosurg. 2015;50(2):68-72.

• del Bufalo F, Carai A, Figà-Talamanca L, Pettorini B, Mallucci C, Giangaspero F, Antonelli M, Badiali M, Moi L, Bianco G, Cacchione A, Locatelli F, Ferretti E, Mastronuzzi A. Response of recurrent BRAFV600E mutated ganglioglioma to Vemurafenib as single agent. J Transl Med. 2014 Dec 19;12:356

• Avula S, Kumar R, Pizer B, Pettorini B, Abernethy L, Garlick D, Mallucci C. Diffusion abnormalities on intraoperative magnetic resonance imaging as an early predictor for the risk of posterior fossa syndrome. Neuro Oncol. 2015 Apr;17(4):614-22.

• Waqar M, Ellenbogen JR, Kumar R, Sneade C, Zebian B, Williams D, Pettorini BL. Indwelling intrathecal catheter with subcutaneous abdominal reservoir: a viable baclofen delivery system in severely cachectic patients. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2014 Oct;14(4):409-13.

• Millward CP, Perez da Rosa S, Williams D, Kokai G, Byrne A, Pettorini B. Foreign body granuloma secondary to ventriculo-peritoneal shunt: a rare scenario with a new insight. Pediatr Neurosurg. 2013;49(4):236-9.

• Goodden J, Pizer B, Pettorini B, Williams D, Blair J, Didi M, Thorp N, Mallucci C. The role of surgery in optic pathway/hypothalamic gliomas in children. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2013, 18

• Jumani DB, Littlewood R, Iyer A, Fellows G, Healey A, Abernethy L, Spinty S, Sarginson R, Pettorini B. Spontaneous spinal epidural haematoma mimicking meningitis in a 2-year-old child–a case report and literature review. Childs Nerv Syst. 2013, 29

• Avula S, Pettorini B, Abernethy L, Pizer B, Williams D, Mallucci C: High field strength magnetic resonance imaging in paediatric brain tumour surgery-its role in prevention of early repeat resections. Childs Nerv Syst. 2013 May 15 [Epub ahead of print]

• Neligan A, Haliasos N, Pettorini B, Harkness WF, Solomon JK: A survey of adult and pediatric epilepsy surgery in the United Kingdom. Epilepsia. 2013 May;54(5):e62-5. doi: 10.1111/epi.12148

• Mangiola A, Anile C, Lama G, Pettorini B, Orteschi D, Saulnier N, Maira G: Gene Expression Profile of Glioblastoma Peritumoral Tissue: an ex vivo Study. PLOS ONE 2013; 8(3):e57145

• Fayeye O, Pettorini B, Smith M, Williams S, Rodrigues D, Kay A: Meningococcal Encephalitis associated with cerebellar tonsillar herniation and acute cervico-medullary injury. Br J Neurosurg 2013, Feb 8

• Keh YS, Abernethy L, Pettorini B: Association between Noonan syndrome and Chiari I malformation: a case-based update. Childs Nerv Syst 2012 Dec 14

• Pettorini BL, Al-Mahfoud R, Jenkinson MD, Avula S, Pizer B, Mallucci C: Surgical pathway and management of pineal region tumours in children. Childs Nerv Syst 2012 Nov 6

• Mallucci C, Pizer B, Blair J, Didi M, Doss A, Upadrasta S, Newman W, Avula S, Pettorini B: Management of craniopharyngioma: the Liverpool experience following the introduction of the CCLG guidelines. Introducing a new risk assessment grading system. Child’s Nerv Syst 2012 Aug 28

• De Bonis P, Albanese A, Lofrese G, de Waure C, Mangiola A, Pettorini BL, Pompucci A, Balducci M, Fiorentino A, Lauriola L, Anile C, Maira G: Postoperative infection may influence survival in patients with glioblastoma: simply a myth? Neurosurgery 2011 Oct

• Dhamija B, Pettorini BL, Solanki G: Endoscopic third ventriculostomy for the treatment of osteopetrosis-related hydrocephalus: a case-based update. Childs Nerv Syst. 2011 May 7

• De Bonis P, M D AA, M D GL, de Waure C, Mangiola A, Pettorini BL, Pompucci A, Balducci M, Fiorentino A, Lauriola L, Anile C, Maira G: Post-operative infection may influence survival in patients with glioblastoma: simply a myth?: Glioblastoma, infection and survival. Neurosurgery. 2011 May 5

• Pettorini BL, Gao A, Rodrigues D: Acute deterioration of a Chiari I malformation: an uncommon neurosurgical emergency. Childs Nerv Syst. 2011 Jun;27(6):857-60

Massimi L, Pravatà E, Tamburrini G, Gaudino S, Pettorini B, Novegno F, Colosimo C Jr, Di Rocco C: Endoscopic third ventriculostomy for the management of Chiari I and related hydrocephalus: outcome and pathogenetic implications. Neurosurgery. 2011 Jan 6

• Pettorini BL, Naem A, Shailendra M: Amniotic band syndrome with tethering of the spinal cord: a case-based update. Child’s Nervous System 2011 Feb;27(2):211-4

• Pettorini BL, Inzitari R, Massimi L, Tamburrini G, Caldarelli M, Fanali C, Cabras T, Messana I, Castagnola M, Di Rocco C: The role of inflammation in the genesis of the cystic component of craniopharyngiomas. Child’s Nervous System 2010 Dec;26(12):1779-84

• Di Rocco C, Chieffo D, Pettorini BL, Massimi L, Caldarelli M, Tamburrini G: Preoperative and postoperative neurological, neuropsychological and behavioural impairment in children with posterior cranial fossa astrocytomas and medulloblastomas: the role of the tumor and the impact of the surgical treatment. Child’s Nerv Syst 2010 Sep;26(9):1173-88

• Fayeye O, Pettorini BL, Foster K, Rodrigues D: Mesencephalic enlarged Virchow-Robin spaces in a 6-year-old boy: a case-based update. Childs Nerv Syst 2010 Sep;26(9):1155-60

• Cavalheiro S, Di Rocco C, Valenzuela S, Dastoli P, Tamburrini G, Massimi L, Nicacio J, Faquini I, Ierardi D, da Silva N, Pettorini BL, Toledo S: Craniopharyngiomas: intratumoral chemotherapy with alpha-interferon: a multicentric study with 60 cases. Preliminary Study. Neurosurg Focus 2010, Apr 28(4): E12

• Pettorini BL, Frassanito P, Massimi L, Tamburrini G, Caldarelli M, Di Rocco C: Molecular pathogenesis of craniopharyngioma: switching from a surgical approach to a biological one. Neurosurg Focus 2010, Apr 28(4): E1

• Massimi L, De Bonis P, Esposito G, Novegno F, Pettorini B, Tamburrini G, Caldarelli M, Di Rocco C: Vertex scalp mass as presenting sign of a complex intracranial vascular malformation. J Neurosurg Pediatr 2009, 3(4): 307-10

• Tamburrini G, D’Ercole M, Pettorini BL, Caldarelli M, Massimi L, Di Rocco C: Survival following treatment for intracranial ependymoma: a review. Childs Nerv Syst 2009, 25(10): 1303-12

• Pettorini BL, Tamburrini G, Massimi L, Caldarelli M, Di Rocco C: Endoscopic transventricular positioning of intracystic catheter for treatment of craniopharyngioma. Technical note. J Neurosurg Pediatr 2009, 4(3): 245-8

• Pettorini BL, Oesman C, Magdum S: New presenting symptoms of Chiari I malformation: report of two cases. Childs Nerv Syst 2009, 26(3): 399-402

• Cianfoni A, da Graca Morais Martin M, Luigetti M, Pettorini BL, Hesselink JR: Spontaneous regression of a midbrain lesion in a patient with chronic transtentorial herniation: is it a pre-syrinx? J Neurol 2010, 257 (5): 848-50

• Pettorini BL, Tamburrini G, Massimi L, Paternoster G, Caldarelli M, Di Rocco C: The use of a reconstituted collagen foil dura mater substitute in paediatric neurosurgical procedures-Experience in 47 patients. Br J Neurosurg. 2010, 24(1): 51-4

• Pettorini BL, Narducci A, Di Carlo A, Abet F, Caldarelli M, Massimi L, Tamburrini G, Di Rocco C: “Thyroid neoplasm after central nervous system irradiation for medulloblastoma in childhood: report of two cases”. Child’s Nerv Syst 2009, 25 (5): 631-4

• Nardi PV, Cabezas D, Rea G, Pettorini BL: “Aperius stand alone interspinous system for the treatment of degenerative lumbar stenosis: experience on 152 cases”. J Spinal Disord Tech 2010, 23(3): 203-7

• Pettorini BL, Novegno F, Massimi L, De Bonis P, Esposito G, Tamburrini G, Caldarelli M, Rigante M, Paludetti G, Giangaspero F, Di Rocco C, Lauriola L: 5-year-old boy with a clival mass. Brain Pathol 2009, 19(3): 523-6

• Tamburrini G, Pettorini BL, Massimi L, Caldarelli M, Di Rocco C: Endoscopic third ventriculostomy: the best option in the treatment of persistent hydrocephalus after posterior cranial fossa tumour removal?. Child’s Nerv Syst 2008, Sep 24

• Novegno F, Caldarelli M, Massa A, Chieffo D, Massimi L, Pettorini BL, Tamburrini G, Di Rocco C: On the “natural” history of Chiari type I anomaly. J Neurosurg Pediatrics 2008, 2: 179-187

• Pettorini BL, Frassanito P, Tamburrini G, Massimi L, Caldarelli M, Di Rocco C: Retrieval of ventricular catheter with the aid of endoscopy. J Neurosurg Pediatrics 2008, 2: 71-74

• Pettorini BL, Park YS, Caldarelli M, Massimi L, Tamburrini G, Di Rocco C: Radiation-induced brain tumours after central nervous system irradiation in childhood: a review. Child’s Nerv Syst 2008, 24: 793-805

• Frassanito P, Pettorini BL: Pink and Blue: the colour of gender. Child’s Nervous System 2008, 24: 881-882

• Pettorini BL, Tamburrini G, Montano N, Massimi L, Fasano T, Paternoster G, Di Rocco C: CSF otorrhea after anterior temporal craniotomy due to hyperpneumatization of the temporal bone. Pediatric Neurosurgery 2008, 44: 176-177

• Mangiola A, Maira G, De Bonis P, Porso M, Pettorini B, Sabatino G, Anile C.: Glioblastoma multiforme in the elderly: a therapeutic challenge. J Neurooncol 2006, 76(2): 159-63

• Pettorini BL, Tamburrini G.: Two hundred years of endoscopic surgery: from Philipp Bozzini’s cystoscope to paediatric endoscopic neurosurgery. Childs Nerv Syst 2007, 23(7): 723-4

• Pettorini BL, Massimi L, Cianfoni A, Paternoster G, Tamburini G, Di Rocco C.: Thoracic lipomeningocele associated with diastematomyelia, tethered spinal cord, and hydrocephalus. Case report. J Neurosurg 2007, 106(5 Suppl): 394-7

• Pompucci A, De Bonis P, Pettorini B, Petrella G, Di Chirico A, Anile C: Decompressive craniectomy for traumatic brain injury: patient age and outcome. J Neurotrauma 2007, 24(7): 1182-8

Book Chapters

• Creating an SDR team
• Patient Selection in Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy (SDR)

Benjamin Hall, Conor Gillespie, Christine Sneade, Alder Hey Children’s Hospital Physiotherapy Group, Deborah Quirk, Dawn Hennigan, Benedetta Pettorini

Springer Book: 89245219_Morota_Dorsal Rhizotomy: Neurosurgery for Childhood Spasticity – Vol. 51 (Series: Advances and Technical Standards in Neurosurgery) – Chapters 6 and 17

• Central Nervous System Tumours

Paediatric Surgery Oncology Textbook – PD Losty , M La Quaglia, S Sarnacki, J Fuchs , T Taguchi Eds – Taylor and Francis Publishers