DIFFICULTIES OF UPPER LUMBER DISC HERNIATION MANAGEMENT MOMEN M. ALMAMOUN 1, ALI R. HAMDAN 2MOMEN M. ALMAMOUN 1, ALI R. HAMDAN 2MOMEN M. ALMAMOUN 1, ALI R. HAMDAN 2MOMEN M. ALMAMOUN 1, ALI R. HAMDAN 2 1Department of neurosurgery Faculty of medicine, Sohag University, Egypt 2 Department of neurosurgery Faculty of medicine, South Valley University, Qena, Egypt ABSTRACT Disc herniation ... Read more

Background Data: Chiari malformation type-I (CM-I) is a challenging subject to wrap our hands around table. Chiari symptoms often range from, unexplained, and/or occipital Valsalva type headache, chronic fatigue syndrome, to lower cranial nerve abnormalities, or brain stem compression, till severe neurological insult which augmented by syringomyelia, or syringobulbia. Exact diagnostic and prognostic tools carry a great controversy which ranged ... Read more

Background: Foramen Magnum Meningiomas (FMMs) represent a neurosurgical challenge because they grow in close contact with osteoarticular, nervous, and vascular structures that cannot be sacrificed or retracted. Objective: To evaluate our strategy and results in six patients with FMMs and analyze factors affecting the decision-making process, resection, and outcome. Patients and Methods: Six patients with foramen magnum meningioma operated at ... Read more

SUPRATENTORIAL GLIOMA : PROGNOSTIC FACTORS AND OUTCOME ALI R. HAMDAN 1, MOMEN M. AL MAMOUN 2, MAHMOUD H. RAGAB3 , ALI R. HAMDAN 1, MOMEN M. AL MAMOUN 2, MAHMOUD H. RAGAB3 , ALI R. HAMDAN 1, MOMEN M. AL MAMOUN 2, MAHMOUD H. RAGAB3 , ALI R. HAMDAN 1, MOMEN M. AL MAMOUN 2, MAHMOUD H. RAGAB3 , ALI ... Read more

ANCIENT EGYPTIAN THE FIRST NEUROSURGEON IN THE HISTORY MOMEN M.ALMAMOUN MD.NEUROSURGERY The possibility of removing the brain through the nose without disfiguring the face was already known to the ancient Egyptians, who were experts in using this approach in the mummification process similar route through the nose and the sphenoid bone has been developed in the last century as a ... Read more