A Seat at the Table: Representation of Global Neurosurgery in the G4 Alliance

Kanmounye, Ulrick Sidney; Shenaman, Natalie; Ratel, Marj; Park, Kee B.; Woodrow, Sarah; Olubunmi, Comrade Lawal Aiyedun; Tharin, Suzanne; Khan, Tariq; Haq, Makinah; Taylor, Elliott; Harkness, William; Shlobin, Nathan A.; Moser, Richard; Korn, Josh; Dempsey, Robert J.; Rosseau, Gail

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“…The involvement of neurosurgeons in folate policy is increasing. [50][51][52] Combining advocacy for inositol policy with that focused on folate policy may streamline and organize neurosurgical advocacy efforts. The high bar needed for advocacy efforts obviously has not been reached: the intention of this narrative review is to raise awareness of this topic of inositol in the global neurosurgery community.…”

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Inositol for the Prevention of Neural Tube Defects: A Potential Opportunity for Advocacy in Global Pediatric Neurosurgery

Shlobin

Winterhalter

DeCuypere

et al. 2022

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Objetivo: Aproximadamente el 70-80% de los defectos del tubo neural (DTN) responden al folato. El mioinositol se ha identificado cada vez más como una posible solución para tratar los defectos del tubo neural que no responden al folato. Brindamos una breve reseña de la evidencia existente sobre el papel del mioinositol en la prevención de los NTD y describimos su papel en los esfuerzos de promoción centrados en la prevención de los NTD. Métodos: Se realizó una revisión narrativa. Resultados:Los datos existentes sobre la eficacia de la suplementación con inositol están limitados por los tamaños de muestra bajos y los diseños de estudio principalmente observacionales. Aunque los esfuerzos de promoción con respecto a las NTD se han centrado en la fortificación y la suplementación con folato, vale la pena examinar los datos sobre la ingesta de inositol. Después de revisar los datos, planteamos que sería necesario cumplir una serie de criterios incluso antes de considerar la promoción y la política. Primero, el peso de la evidencia debe favorecer el aumento de la ingesta de inositol. En segundo lugar, debe demostrarse la rentabilidad de la política de inositol. Tercero, la política debe ser políticamente viable. En cuarto lugar, se debe generar prioridad política para la política. En quinto lugar, se debe generar una sinergia entre los esfuerzos de política de folato existentes y los esfuerzos de política de inositol. Después de examinar esa serie de criterios, Conclusión: el inositol puede representar una vía para reducir la prevalencia de nacimientos de defectos del tubo neural que no responden al folato. Dadas sus funciones clínicas en el tratamiento de la espina bífida y los defectos del tubo neural, los neurocirujanos también son fundamentales para los esfuerzos de promoción en la prevención.

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Inositol for the Prevention of Neural Tube Defects: A Potential Opportunity for Advocacy in Global Pediatric Neurosurgery

Shlobin

Winterhalter

DeCuypere

et al. 2022

JGNS

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“…-Read key manuscripts. These provide an overview of global neurosurgery, 2,3,[25][26][27][28][29][30] introduce global neurosurgery to medical students, 17 focus on global pediatric neurosurgical capacity and initiatives, 1, 6, 7 describe advocacy 10,31,32 and education 33,34 in the field, characterize important organizations, 23,24,[35][36][37][38][39] summarize existing collaborations, 40 and describe implementation of global neurosurgery research in practice. 41 Below are important manuscripts specific to global pediatric neurosurgery.…”

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“…-Become involved with the pediatric neurosurgery elements of auxiliary organizations within global neurosurgery (Table 2). 23,24,47,48 These organizations also focus on increasing neurosurgical capacity, health systems strengthening, and education and training but are heavily involved in prevention, particularly with regard to head injuries and neural tube defects.…”

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The Role of Medical Students in Global Pediatric Neurosurgery

Shlobin¹,

Takoutsing²,

Dada³

et al. 2022

JGNS

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Objective: Medical students are important for the long-term efficacy of global pediatric neurosurgery initiatives. In this manuscript, we describe the rationale for mobilizing medical students in global pediatric neurosurgery, delineate the potential impact of this mobilization, and detail how to increase exposure of medical students to global pediatric neurosurgery. Methods: A narrative review was conducted and supplemented with an anecdotal review. Results: Medical students are a critical asset for global pediatric neurosurgery due to their motivation and diligence, time management and organizational skills, technological proficiency, innovative perspective, and resourcefulness. Fostering the next generation of global pediatric neurosurgeons is important to facilitate long-term engagement in pediatric neurosurgery, ensure the sustainability of global pediatric neurosurgery, develop capacities to collaborate with diverse partners, teach knowledge and skills for engaging in advocacy and capacity-building, and facilitate determination of effective strategies for making progress in global pediatric neurosurgery. Opportunities for medical student involvement include reading key manuscripts; finding mentors; becoming involved in university-based global neurosurgery groups, auxiliary organizations, World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies Global Neurosurgery Committee, InciSion, or general neurosurgery medical student and trainee interest groups. Conclusion: Medical students represent a valuable asset for addressing the global burden of pediatric neurosurgical disease, ameliorating workforce and equipment deficits, and facilitating access to timely and affordable pediatric neurosurgical care. Involving medical students through existing opportunities and developing additional pathways specific to medical students will strengthen the impact and reach of global pediatric neurosurgical initiatives.

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Retrospective review of Google Trends to gauge the popularity of global surgery worldwide: A cross-sectional study

Sebopelo¹,

Bourcier²,

Dada³

et al. 2021

Annals of Medicine and Surgery

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Introduction Global surgery is a growing movement worldwide, but its expansion has not been quantified. Google Search is the most popular search engine worldwide, and Google Trends analyzes its queries to determine popularity trends. We used Google Trends to analyze the regional and temporal popularity of global surgery (GS). Furthermore, we compared GS with global health (GH) to understand if the two were correlated. Methods This is a retrospective cross-sectional study examining Google Trends of GS and GH. We searched the terms “global surgery” and “global health” on Google Trends (Google Inc., CA, USA) from January 2004 to May 2021. We identified time trends and compared the two search terms using SPSS v26 (IBM, WA, USA) to run summary descriptive analyses and Wilcoxon rank-sum tests. Results The ten countries most interested in GS were India (5.0%), the United Kingdom (5.0%), Ireland (4.0%), the United States (4.0%), Australia (3.0%), Canada (3.0%), New Zealand (3.0%), Germany (2.0%), South Africa (2.0%), and Nigeria (1.0%). GS became more popular after 2015 (2.3% vs. 1.3%, P < 0.001) and was consistently less popular than GH (1.6% vs. 45.3%, P = 0.04). The difference between GS and GH interest levels increased after 2015 (45.4% vs. 42.9%, P = 0.04). Conclusion GS is less popular than GH, more popular in high-income countries, and has become more popular after 2015 when the Lancet Commission on Global Surgery published its seminal report. The World Health Organization passed resolution WHA 68.15. Future advocacy efforts should target low- and middle-income countries primarily.

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A Seat at the Table: Representation of Global Neurosurgery in the G4 Alliance

Cited by 8 publications

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Inositol for the Prevention of Neural Tube Defects: A Potential Opportunity for Advocacy in Global Pediatric Neurosurgery

Inositol for the Prevention of Neural Tube Defects: A Potential Opportunity for Advocacy in Global Pediatric Neurosurgery

The Role of Medical Students in Global Pediatric Neurosurgery

Retrospective review of Google Trends to gauge the popularity of global surgery worldwide: A cross-sectional study

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