[ Delay time from diagnosis to surgery in drug-resistant epilepsy].

Drug-resistant epilepsy, in a good number of cases, can benefit from surgery. It is essential to make a timely referral for the pre-surgical study. We retrospectively reviewed the clinical records of our center from 2011 to 2019.

[Telemedicine and epilepsy: healthcare experience of a national reference center during the COVID-19 pandemic].

Introduction: Countries worldwide are having to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2. The burden on their national health systems is currently at unprecedented levels. Telemedicine care was initiated at an early stage in our centre.

[Minimally invasive surgery in intracranial aneurysms].

Introduction: The use of minimally invasive procedures in neurosurgery permits a significant reduction in peri-operative morbidity and duration of hospital stay. The fronto-latero-basal (FLB) approach gives good exposure of the structures of the anterior and middle fossas with access to most aneurysms of the anterior circulation, thus avoiding extensive craniotomies and the use of brain retractors.

Objective: We present an analysis of 27 patients operated on to clip 29 aneurysms of the anterior circulation using the FLB approach.

Cranial epidural empyema with osteomyelitis caused by actinomyces, CT, and MRI appearance.

Actinomycosis is an uncommon cause of intracranial infection. Epidural empyema represents about 6% of CNS actinomycotic lesions. A case of an epidural empyema with parietal bone osteomyelitis caused by Actinomyces israelii is presented.