Background Traumatic spinal injury (TSI) results from injury to bony, ligamentous, and/or
neurologic structures of the spinal column and can cause significant morbidity and mortality …

OBJECTIVE In 2000, the global density of neurosurgeons was estimated at 1 per 230,000
population, which remains the most recent estimate of the global neurosurgeon workforce …

Background Brain and CNS cancers (collectively referred to as CNS cancers) are a source
of mortality and morbidity for which diagnosis and treatment require extensive resource …

OBJECTIVE Worldwide disparities in the provision of surgical care result in otherwise
preventable disability and death. There is a growing need to quantify the global burden of …

Abstract Treatment techniques and management guidelines for intracranial aneurysms (IAs)
have been continually developing and this rapid development has altered treatment …

OBJECTIVE Africa contributes significantly to the global neurosurgical disease burden but
has only 1% of the neurosurgery workforce. This study appraises the neurosurgical …

'Global surgery'is the term adopted to describe a rapidly developing multidisciplinary field
aiming to provide improved and equitable surgical care across international health systems …

Around the world today, low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) have not benefited from
advancements in neurosurgery; most have minimal or even no neurosurgical capacity in …

Virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) are rapidly growing technologies. Both have
been applied within neurosurgery for presurgical planning and intraoperative navigation, but …

Background Like many low-and-middle-income countries in Africa, documented assessment
of the neurosurgical workforce, equipment, infrastructure, and scope of service delivery in …