[Epidemiology of cervical spine injuries in National teaching hospital Hubert K. Maga of Cotonou].

Introduction: Trauma to the cervical spine is a real public health problem. They can cause neurological complications that are sometimes irreversible and mortality remains high. The causes are dominated by traffic and work accidents.

Outcomes of lower limb amputees at Cotonou.

Background: Limb amputations are responsible for disability. We studied the outcomes of lower limb amputees in our daily practice.

Methods: This prospective analytical study over 7 years (January 2009-December 2015) included 70 amputees of lower limb.

Ipsilateral proximal and shaft femoral fractures.

Purpose: To study the management and evaluate anatomical and functional outcomes of patients with ipsilateral proximal and shaft femoral fractures.

Methods: A retrospective, descriptive and analytic study lasted for ten years and a half ranging from January 1, 2005 to June 30, 2015. The following parameters were studied: epidemiology, fracture characteristics, therapeutic, anatomical and functional outcomes.

Main Neurosurgical Pathologies in Benin Republic.

Background: Benin republic is a very low-income French-speaking country in West Africa The development of Neurosurgery in the Republic of Benin took off with the arrival of the first Beninese neurosurgeons in the year 2003.

Aims: This study aims to evaluate patients' attendance in a public neurosurgical center, and appreciate populations' affordability to a new specialty.

Settings And Design: In the year 2004, the Benin Armed Forces established the first Department of Neurosurgery in the Nation's Military Teaching Hospital.

The Direct Cost of Treatment of Traumatic Brain Injury in a Sub-Saharan African Country (Benin).

Objectives: This is the first socioeconomic study on traumatic brain injury (TBI) undertaken to determine the sociodemographic factors implicated in the occurrence of TBI and to assess the value of the direct cost of the management of TBI at the initial phase in the Hubert Koutoukou Maga National Teaching Hospital of Cotonou.

Methods: This was a prospective study with descriptive and analytic aim that took place from January 1 to July 31, 2014. An individual approach of each patient's expenditure was undertaken via the use of a questionnaire on which all expenses were identified systematically.