[Medico-social aspects of cerebro-cranial traumas in the city of Aden, Republic Yemen].

The article is devoted to an important problem that has not only medical but also social significance--clinical and epidemiological aspects of head trauma. These studies were not performed in the Republic of Yemen, but they would allow organization of rationally planned medical care system, improvement of quality, reduced disability and mortality due to traumatic brain injury.

[Transcranial approach to the cranio-orbital area and orbital cavity].

Almost 90 years has passed from the moment of the development of transcranial approach to the cranio-orbital area and orbital cavity. But the application of the method was limited due to using mainly extracranial approaches. The authors have analyzed results of studying the parameters of transcranial approach to 32 orbits of 16 corpses of adult subjects, and results of treatment of 24 patients with neoplasms of the cranio-orbital area and orbit, operated by transcranial approach.

[Gunshot combined spinal and craniocerebral injuries].

An analysis of 32 case histories of patients with gunshot wounds of the cervical part of the spine and spinal cord in combination with cranio-cerebral injuries is presented. In 11 patients with injuries of the spine and spinal cord it was shown that in 4 patients tetraplegia persisted in the postoperative period, 3 patients had Brown-Sequard syndrome, 1 patient had superior paraparesis, 3 patients had pelvis disorders. Rehabilitation procedures started as early as possible allow minimization of the neurological problems and, correspondingly, the degree of disability of the patients.