[Incidence of surgical site infections in sub-Saharan Africa: systematic review and meta-analysis].

Introduction: Surgical Site Infections (SSI) cause morbi-mortality and additional healthcare expenditures. Developing countries are the most affected. The objective was to estimate the pooled incidence of SSI in Sub-Saharan Africa and describe its major risk factors.

[Results of surgical management of spinal neurinomas and neurofibromas at Yaounde].

Background: Spinal neurinomas and neurofibromas are poorly studied in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Aim: The objective of this study was to report the results of the surgical management of these tumours in Yaoundé.

Methods: This was a retrospective study done at the Yaoundé General and Yaoundé Central Hospitals from the 1st of January 1995 to the 1st of January 2005.

[Central nervous system tumours in Cameroon: histopathology and demography].

Unlabelled: Tumours of the central nervous system (CNS) have not received much scientific attention in sub-Saharan Africa, especially in the central African zone. The aim of this study was to determine the relative frequency and different histologic types of CNS tumours seen in the neurosurgery units of Cameroon, a multiethnic country of central Africa. This retrospective study covers the decade from January 1996 through December 2006 in the three neurosurgery departments in Cameroon, at the Yaoundé General Hospital, the Yaoundé Central Hospital, and the Douala General Hospital.