Transoral approach to foramen magnum lesions; report of 12 cases and review of literature

This study reported 12 cases [8 females and 4 males] presented with extradural lesion at the region of foramen magnum. Clinical, radiological and pathological studies were discussed in details with a surgical treatment. The surgery was in the form of transoral excision of the compressing lesion, followed by posterior fusion

Clinical presentation and management of unilateral acute and chronic epidural, hematomas of posterior fossa

Posterior Fossa epidural hematomas [PFEDHs] was detect in 14 patients secondary to the head injury in the period from Jan. 1999 to Feb 2001 - the goal of this study was to analyze the differences in preoperative clinical presentation and management between a group of acute [8 patients] and a group of chronic [6 patients] of epidural hematomas of posterior fossa. In this study [chronic epidural hematomas was defined as a delay of more than 72 hours from the accident to surgery]. All patients were admitted to neurosurgery departments of Al Azhar university hospitals. C.T brain scan without contrast and with bone window was used as a tool for diagnosis, followed by surgical evacuation of the hematoma for all patients. The outcome and good recovery was obtained in 13 patients but only one patient died