The pattern of neurosurgical disorders in rural northern Tanzania: A prospective hospital-based study

World Neurosurgery

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 264-269

  Winkler, Andrea Sylvia ^a,b   Tluway, Anthony ^b   Slottje, David ^c   Schmutzhard, Erich ^d   Hrtl, Roger ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b HAYDOM LUTHERAN HOSPITAL   (Tanzania)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Hospital prevalence; Neurosurgical disorders; Resource poor setting; Rural Africa; Tanzania; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROSURGERY; NEWBORN; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL AREA; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPINA BIFIDA; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; TANZANIA; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TUBERCULOUS SPONDYLITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH; HOSPITAL; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TRENDS; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEUROSURGERY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL HEALTH; TANZANIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955888327     PISSN: 18788750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2010.03.037     Document Type: Article

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