The exploratory burr hole: indication and results at one departmental hospital of benin.

Objective. The aim of this study was to describe the indications and results of exploratory burr hole performed at the Departmental Teaching Hospital of Borgou (Benin). Methods.

Surgical management of head trauma: problems, results, and perspectives at the departmental teaching hospital of Borgou, Benin.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to report our neurosurgical experience with traumatic brain injury (TBI) at a departmental teaching hospital in Benin.

Methods: This was a descriptive study performed from January 2008 to June 2010. It concerned patients who received surgical treatment after a brain trauma.

[Neurosurgical management of head injury in Parakou, Benin: use of radiography].

Aims: To report useful of skull X-Ray in surgical management of traumatic brain injuries in Benin.

Method: Descriptive study performed in the Neurosurgery Unit of CHD-Borgou in the North-East of Benin. It concerned 29 cases of TBI all operated between April 2008 and June 2009 on clinical and radiographic criteria.

[Skull injuries resulting from motorcycle accidents, Benin].

Aims: The goal of this study was to report skull vault injuries characteristics among motorcyclists after crash.

Materials And Methods: It was descriptive study performed at the Departmental Hospital of Borgou, Benin from January 2008 to April 2009. It concerned motorcyclists hospitalized after traffic accidents.

[Early outcome of digestive surgery in a tropical setting].

Objective: The purpose of this report was to describe early outcome of surgical management of digestive disease in a tropical setting. Study design. This retrospective, descriptive study was carried out in Benin over the three-year period from January 1, 2002 to December 31, 2004.