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Table 2 The statistical summary cases seen and other pathologies occasionally seen in Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital

From: Starting a neurosurgical service in a Southern Nigeria rural community. Prospect, challenges, and future—the Irrua experience

Pathology

Number

Percentage (%)

Trauma

 Head injury

  Mild

100

37.3

  Moderate

60

22.3

  Severe

58

21.6

 Spine injury

  Cervical

22

8.5

  Thoracic

10

3.7

  Lumbar

8

2.9

  Birth trauma

1

0.3

Congenital malformation

  Hydrocephalous

10

3.7

  Spinal bifida

5

1.8

  Myelomeningocele

3

1.1

  Encephalocele

1

0.3

Tumor

Brain

8

2.9

Spine

3

1.1

 Spondylosis

5

1.9

 Subacute-chronic subdural haematoma

14

5.2