Publications by authors named "Omar Badirou"
Spinal cord infarction: A systematic review and meta-analysis of patient's characteristics, diagnosis accuracy, management, and outcome.
Surg Neurol Int
September 2024
Article Synopsis
- Acute spinal cord infarction (SCI) is a rare condition that is challenging to diagnose due to variable clinical features and limitations in MRI detection, prompting researchers to evaluate patient characteristics and diagnostic methods.
- A systematic review of studies found that early intervention, particularly spinal surgical decompression, is linked to better patient outcomes, with a significant percentage benefiting from surgery compared to medical treatments alone.
- The study highlighted that the T2 diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) technique has moderate accuracy in identifying hyperacute spinal cord injuries, specifically during the critical first 6 hours after onset.
Surgical Aneurysm Repair of Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage in Sub-Saharan Africa: The State of Training and Management.
World Neurosurg
August 2023
Background: In a resource-limited setting such as sub-Saharan African countries, neurosurgeons need training and fellowship for surgical repair of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH). Surgical repair of ruptured aneurysms costs less and requires less instrumentation compared with endovascular procedures. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the state of training and management of aSAH in sub-Saharan Africa training centers.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTranscranial doppler in the non-invasive estimation of intracranial pressure in traumatic brain injury compared to other non-invasive methods in lower-middle income countries: Systematic review and meta-analysis.
J Clin Neurosci
July 2023
Background: The prediction of raised Intracranial Pressure (ICP) with accuracy in Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) patients is a clinically important decision and therapeutic tool. This study aimed to evaluate the existing methods used for non-invasive ICP monitoring in TBI patients in LMICs.
Methods: Systematic searches of PubMed, Google Scholar, and ScienceDirect were performed from database inception to November 2021.
Background: This study looks at how COVID-19 affected the admission and training of neurosurgical residents worldwide.
Methods: From 2019 to 2021, we reviewed multiple databases (i.e.