Primary CALVARIAL tuberculosis: A case report.

Introduction: Calvarial tuberculosis is a rare manifestation of extra pulmonary tuberculosis. Primary calvarial tuberculosis, with no evidence of tuberculosis elsewhere in the body, is an even rarer entity. Most cases are often misdiagnosed as osteomyelitis, syphilis, or bony metastasis among others.

Surgical treatment outcome of children with neural-tube defect: A prospective cohort study in a high volume center in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Introduction: Prevalence of neural tube defects (NTD) is high thus many children are born with a neural tube defect in Addis Ababa, and surgical closure is a commonly performed procedure at the pediatric neurosurgical specialty center.

Research Question: The primary aim is to study the outcomes in children undergoing surgical closure of NTDs and to identify risk factors for readmission, complications and mortality.

Material And Methods: Single-center prospective study of all surgically treated NTDs from April 2019 to May 2020.

Prospective Study of Surgery for Traumatic Brain Injury in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: Surgical Procedures, Complications, and Postoperative Outcomes.

Background: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is an important cause of trauma-related mortality and morbidity in Ethiopia. There are significant resource limitations along the entire continuum of care, and little is known about the neurosurgical activity and patient outcomes.

Methods: All surgically treated TBI patients at the 4 teaching hospitals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia were prospectively registered from October 2012 to December 2016.

Four-Year Treatment Outcomes of Children Operated for Neural Tube Defect in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: A Retrospective Study.

Background: Closure of neural tube defects (NTDs) in children is a common neurosurgical procedure in Ethiopia, but we know little about the outcomes. The aim of this study was to study outcomes and to identify predictors of mortality and morbidity of surgically treated NTDs.

Methods: Between July 2013 and August 2014, all patients operated for NTDs were prospectively registered in a database and followed for a minimum of 4 years after the initial surgery.