Predictors of Outcome in Management of Paediatric Head Trauma in a Tertiary Healthcare Institution in North-Central Nigeria.

Objective: Trauma is a leading causes of death and disability in all ages. The aim of this study was to describe the demography and characteristics of paediatric head trauma in our institution and examine the predictors of outcome and incidence of injury related mortality.

Methods: We examined our institutional Trauma Registry over a 2 year period.

Demographic and Diagnostic Spectrum of Neurosurgical Biopsies: Initial Experience From a Re-established Neurosurgical Unit in a Tertiary Hospital in North Central Nigeria.

Introduction Neurosurgical biopsies are obtained from lesions of the central nervous system, comprising the skull, brain, spine, spinal cord, and nerves. Neurosurgery practice is a highly specialized field with wide disparities related to access to care, especially in developing countries where there are few specialists and poor support care for patients. After over 20 years of redundancy, the neurosurgical unit in Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH), Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria, was re-established to meet the needs of patients in the area of neurosurgery.

The selective conservative management of gunshot injury to the abdomen.

Traditionally, mandatory exploration was the rule for managing penetrating abdominal trauma, but this has begun to change in the recent era. The change first affected stab injuries, in which the conservative approach in appropriate cases has gained wide spread acceptance. Relatively recently, the management of gunshot injuries to the abdomen has been similarly affected, and several reports appeared describing the success of such treatment in selected cases.