Initial audit of a basic and emergency neurosurgical training program in rural Tanzania

World Neurosurgery

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 290-295

  Attebery, Jonah E ^c   Mayegga, Emanuel ^d   Louis, Robert G ^b   Chard, Rachel ^c   Kinasha, Abednego ^a,e,f   Ellegala, Dilantha B ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HAYDOM LUTHERAN HOSPITAL   (Tanzania)

^e Muhimbili Orthopaedic Institute   (Tanzania)

^f EARC (NS) East African Research Collaboration (Neurosurgery)   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Africa; Neurosurgical training program; Rural neurosurgery

Indexed keywords

BASIC NEEDS; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMMUNITY; CRANIOTOMY; DECUBITUS; DEVICE; EXERCISE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL SURGERY; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MENINGOMYELOCELE; MORTALITY; NEUROSURGERY; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; SEPSIS; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL TRAINING; TANZANIA; URBAN AREA; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRENDS;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MORTALITY; NEUROSURGERY; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL HEALTH; TANZANIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77955902656     PISSN: 18788750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2010.02.008     Document Type: Article

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