[Do differences exist in the neurosurgical handling of intracranial lesions of pregnant patient? Outcomes of our experience and literature review].

Objective: The main objective of our work is to revise our neurosurgical experience in pregnant patient and to carry out a revision of the related literature in order to optimize the neurosurgical handling of these kind of patients.

Method: Retrospective study between august 1993 and June 2010. We included patients who were pregnant at the time and who presented any trace of cranial neurosurgical or spinal disease.