A patient who have cervical spondylosis in three levels, had three level anterior cervical discectomy with cage fusion in the same session in a surgery of four hours in Basrah teaching hospital

MRI cervical spine of the patient before surgery that shows the significant compression on C3-4,C4-5,C5-6

Tumor at the foramen of Monro  , operated for  biopsy and ETV

 Titanium Cervical  Cage,  after C6-7  anterior cervical    discectomy

Cervical locking plate of Synthes type used routinly for fixation in patient having C4-5 dislocation, posterior wiring not prevent forward slipping of the vertebra, after decompression, reduction and bone grafting and  fixationt by plate and screws.

Case load increament over last two years, that appreciated to new case load of the new procedures performed

Dr.KhalidN.Mayah Clinic 

  For Neurosurgical and Health Managements    

       Neurosurgery in Basrah started more than thirty years ago, although many even from the medical personnel didn't know about the  developments in this field and the facilities available, many patients referred far away where they receive similar treatments with much more suffering , our mission is to enlight the field of neurosurgery in Basrah publish the most interested operations done , activities and facilities available .

Spinal surgery in Al Mooswai private hospital     (click here)

Cervical Cage has been used for the first time, in Basrah neurosurgery practice, for the last year, anterior cervical discectomy performend with iliac crest bone graft fusion with and without plate fixation, any how it is well known that bone graft some time collapsed over time, and the use of cervical cage implant has been adapted in many neurosurgery and spine centers, a female patient who had typical prsentation of C6-7 cervical disc prolapse, has been operated on in Al Mooswai private hospital by anterior cervical discectomy, using microscope and fusion done by titanium Cage, that facilities is avialable and will be performed for many patients in the waiting list.(click here )

      If I need to be evaluated for a spinal problem, or, if I need spinal surgery, should I see a neurosurgeon or an orthopedic surgeon?               Read About this   ( click here)

      Neurosurgery symposium in Basrah Teaching hospital, all colleagues are invited, it is the first and will be followed by Neurosurgery day

 ( click here to see the invitation and the program)

        Iraqi Neurosurgeons is invited to the 1st conference of the Gulf Neurosurgeons Society, Dr. Taha Al-Derazi , the presedent of the conference reply in his e mail ( Click here to read the invitation), an abstract about the result of ETV will be submitted to the conference ( click here to read the abstract )

To visit the Gulf Neurosurgical Society website    ( click here)

         A neonate with encephalocele referred from Baghdad, managed in Al Mooswai private hospital, this represent an example of internal evacuation....( read more , click here)  

       Neuroendoscopy Experience in Basrah is an orginal article, has been accepted in the  second conference of the International Iraqi Medical Society(click here to download the article on PDF) we gratefull for the Head of the association Dr. Ali Harjan for his kind regard adding this web site in the link to the main association web site( click here to return back to the International iraqi Medical association web site), to read this article (click here )

         Awake craniotomy is new experience in our country, it is the first step in brian mapping, craniotomy under local anesthesia is essential for functional neurosurgery and epilepsy surgery, which are both not started in our country yet, this slide show describe the result of the first ten cases operated using this procedure.( click here for slide show)  ,

Dr Khalid N Mayah visit to California ( click here ), creating cooperation with OSI foundation and training on neuroendoscopy for more information ( click here)

Medicine on the mend, a report in the Orange County register news paper discuse  the visite to St joseph hospital ( click here) 

Creating WHO library ( HINARI) link to Basra Teaching hospital ( click here )

Article about cooperation with Safe Iraq Children NGO ( click here )

The Neuroendoscopy in basrah and the advances in Neurosurgery (....click here for slide show lecture) the slide show include a brief describtion of the history of neurosurgery in Basrah, the Neuroendoscopy experience in Basrah, the result of the first ten cses of endoscopic third ventriculostomy, as it accepted in the VI Conference of the Panarab Society of Neurosurgeon , the review for the articles of the Conference represent a review of the advances in Neurosurgery.

The Neuroendoscopy in Al Mooswai Hospital ..  ....more

The First Neuroendoscopy in Basrah case report......(read this article) 

- Neuroendoscopy, review article.......................... .....( read this article )

-Third Ventriculostomy as alternative for V-P shunt ( read the article)

Back to the International Iraqi Medical Association (click here)

عيادة الدكتور خالدناصرالمياح لجراحة الجملة العصبية

                           khalidmayah@yahoo.com        khalid@k-neurosurg.com

Forthcoming Neurosurgery  Meeting           (click here)  

Announcement

To all iraqi neurosurgeons, Neurologists, and Neurophysiologistst and whom intersted in the the neurological diseases and disorders, The Iraqi Neuroscience Society will be reactivated, Dr Samir Hasen Abood , Now working actively to gather all information required for registering INS in the WFNS, and local and regional societies, that will required registeration of all members again, or first registeration through providing the information below and sending to his e mail address (dr_samirabood@hotmail.com), INS will be the institute and media through which all should provide their input in to upgrade Neuroscience and activate Iraq role in this field all over the countery and to the World.

Down Load the Forma for INS membershipe  

Iraq flag was up in the World Federation 13 interim meeting, in Nov 2007 Nagoya Japan

 Prof. Testu Kanno, the president of the WFNS 13 interim meeting, announce about the plan of perfoming a work shope in Iraq or near by countery. the 13 interim meeting for the WFNS in Nagoya last Nov.  was a highly organized meeting where 250 young neurosurgeon from developing counteries invited and sponsered through their journy to Japan, Prof. Kanno is the creator of this historical perform.

    On the right  Professor Jacques Brotchi. President WFNS. Belgium, he invited the Iraqi neuroscience society to involve actively in the world federation of neurosurgeon societies, in Dec. 2007 during the first Gulf Neurosurgeon societies meeting in Bahrain.

Dr Taha Al Derazy the president of the Gulf Neurosurgery Societies, was keen to facilitate the attendance and particpation of Iraqi Neurosurgeons in the Gulf neurosurgery meeting activity, He remember the attendee of the conference that he is graduated in the Basrah medical college, on the right Prof Muhamed AL Goahrchi, the president of the VII Pan Arab Neurosurgeons Society meeting that expected to be in Rhayth next Nov. He extend his invitation to all Iraq neurosurgeon to attend and particpate actively in the meeting.

Prof Osama Al Mufety is a world figure of neurosurgery, listening to the news of Neurosurgery in Iraq, surprised that iraqi neurosurgeon dooing well in this difficult time

On the right Prof. Majeed Samaii is the pioneer of the skull base surgery,