Prognostic factors of chronic subdural hematomas in two reference university teaching hospitals in the city of Yaounde.

Objectives: Despite the good prognosis of surgical treatment of chronic subdural hematomas, there are some early deaths, recurrences and post-operative complications. The objective of this study is to analyze the prognostic factors of chronic subdural hematomas in two reference university teaching hospitals in the city of Yaounde.

Method: Three hundred and ten cases of chronic subdural hematomas were diagnosed on 3788 patients hospitalized in the neurosurgery departments of two reference university teaching hospitals in the city of Yaounde from January 1st, 2015 to December 31st, 2021 (7 years).

Long term postoperative results and quality of life after surgery for lumbar spinal stenosis in sub-sahara African countries, the case of Cameroon: A cross-sectional study.

Objectives: Lumbar spinal stenosis is a frequent and disabling disease of the elderly. However, the impact of its surgery on the long term (≥5 years) postoperative results and quality of life has not yet been evaluated in our setting.

Methods: The study population consisted of 224 patients operated between 2010 and 2017 at the Yaounde Central Hospital and the Yaounde General Hospital, of whom 33 were evaluated.

Spinal cord schistosomiasis in a 6-year-old child with complete recovery after spine surgery and medical treatment: case report and discussion.

Spinal cord schistosomiasis is a rare and severe form of schistosomiasis. The prognosis is largely conditioned by early diagnosis and treatment. The authors present a case of spinal cord schistosomiasis complicated by spinal cord compression syndrome.

A retrospective cohort study on the cost-effectiveness analysis of kidney transplantation compared to dialysis in Cameroon: evidence for policy.

Introduction: chronic kidney disease affects one in ten adults in Cameroon. Haemodialysis was the only renal replacement therapy (for adults) in Cameroon and its sub-region until November 10, 2021. Thereafter through May 2022, the Yaoundé General Hospital successfully completed four living-donor kidney transplants.

Aortic root enlargement in patients undergoing mitral and aortic replacement: early outcomes in a sub-Saharan population.

Introduction: Aortic root enlargement (ARE) is often required to avoid patient-prosthesis mismatch (PPM) in young patients undergoing aortic surgery, including those undergoing combined mitral and aortic valve replacement (double valve replacement, DVR). Adding ARE to DVR may increase the operative risk by extending the surgical time. Herein, we review our experience with ARE in patients who underwent DVR.