Dr. Sory Ibrahim Fofana

My training in neurosurgery began with adult cranial and spinal conditions, through residency and professional experience in Romania and other European centres.

I subsequently worked for almost ten years at Spitalul Clinic de Urgență pentru Copii ‘Marie S. Curie’ in Bucharest, contributing to the assessment and treatment of a wide range of neurosurgical conditions, including complex cranial and spinal disease.

Caring for patients often involved difficult decisions about the timing of surgery, the extent of resection, operative risks or the choice of non-surgical treatment. Communication with families and informed planning of surgery and subsequent care were equally important. Clinical and operative work, on-call duties, emergencies, multidisciplinary collaboration and follow-up completed this experience, which continues to shape my current practice.

My practice covers cranial and spinal neurosurgery in adults and children, with a particular interest in neuro-oncology, hydrocephalus and other cerebrospinal fluid disorders, congenital malformations, orbital conditions and cases requiring multidisciplinary collaboration.

In cranial neurosurgery, I plan minimally invasive approaches tailored to each case, using limited scalp incisions or a supraorbital eyebrow approach. Hair shaving is minimal and limited to the incision line.

My interests include microsurgery, neuroendoscopy, advanced preoperative imaging and planning, neuronavigation, guided intracranial biopsies, intraoperative ultrasound and neuromonitoring, and intracranial pressure monitoring. Epilepsy surgery and awake procedures remain areas of interest that require careful selection and, where appropriate, collaboration with specialist teams.