Childhood Hydrocephalus in Sokoto: Experience with 401 Series.

Background: Hydrocephalus is a complex and multifactorial neurological disorders. Childhood hydrocephalus like other chronic childhood illness is a major contributor to poor quality of life and huge financial burden to the affected family and nation. Epidemiological factors tend to vary with geographical location.

Severity and Predictors of Outcome of Motorcycle-Associated Head Injury: An Experience from a Regional Neurosurgery Centre in Northern Nigeria.

Background: Motorcycle-associated head injury is one of the leading causes of disability and deaths, with its main victims being the motorcyclists, passengers, and pedestrians in their young productive age group. This study determines the role of severity and some predictive factors on survival and mortality of motorcycle-associated head injury.

Methods: This is a cross-sectional study using data of patients managed for motorcycle-associated head injuries between December 2014 and November 2016.

Necrotizing fasciitis: a comparative analysis of 56 cases.

Background: The term necrotizing fasciitis (NF) is now used in a generic sense to include all diffuse necrotizing soft-tissue infections except gas gangrene. It is a synergistic, polymicrobial soft-tissue infection associated with rapid progression, extensive necrosis, profound systemic toxemia, considerable morbidity and a high mortality rate. Although the disease is no respecter of age and affects a wide age group, adults are known to be more commonly affected than children.