Treatment of Cervical Spine Fractures and Subluxations without the Use of Intraoperative Fluoroscopy in Resource-Limited Settings.

 Surgical management of subaxial cervical spine injuries remains challenging. Although intraoperative fluoroscopy is usually used for intraoperative spinal level localization (SLL), it is unavailable in most developing countries. The surgeon therefore has to rely on anatomic landmarks.

[Epidemiological, clinical aspects and management of urethral stenosis in adult patients in a District Hospital in Ngaoundéré, Cameroon].

Introduction: The aim was to determine the epidemiological, clinical aspects and the management of these patients in Ngaoundere Protestant Hospital (HPN).

Methods: We conducted a retrospective review of complete medical records of patients hospitalized for urethral stenosis in the Department of Urology at the Protestant Hospital of Ngaoundéré over a one-year period (January 2013 to January 2014).

Results: Out of 69 registered medical records, a total of 57 patients files (all male) were identified for review.

[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.

[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.

Kinetics of regression of sciatica and pain in the low back after lumbar macrodiscectomy in human immunodeficiency virus carriers.

Study Design: Prospective longitudinal clinical study.

Objective: To evaluate the pattern of regression of severe sciatica and pain in the low back over 3 months in HIV infected patients in whom monosegmental lumbar macrodiscectomy was performed for lumbar disc herniation.

Summary Of Background Data: There are very few reported studies, which have been carried out to evaluate the outcome of lumbar discectomy in HIV positive patients.