Neurosurgery in India: An Overview

Ganapathy, Krishnan

doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2013.02.071

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“…8 This may be due to limited centers and personnel capable of diagnosing these lesions and economic backgrounds of the patients who are affected due to poor access and healthcare infrastructure in low-income countries like India. 17 We conclude that AODF may present late with diagnostic challenge. Management of these cases needs thorough knowledge of the anatomy of CVJ.…”

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Delayed Presentation of Atlanto-Occipital Dislocation with Fracture of Adjoining Bone with Diagnostic Challenge: Report of Two Cases

Jha

Chaturvedi

Jain

et al. 2016

IJNT

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Atlanto-occipital dislocation with fracture (AODF) of adjoining bone is rarely reported and poses diagnostic challenge due to complex anatomy and inability of plain radiograph to diagnose it. Authors present two cases of AODF with fracture of adjoining bone with delayed presentations, including one patient with occipitalized C1. Clinical and radiological findings, causes of diagnostic delays, and surgical management are described along with a review of relevant literature.

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Delayed Presentation of Atlanto-Occipital Dislocation with Fracture of Adjoining Bone with Diagnostic Challenge: Report of Two Cases

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Chaturvedi

Jain

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“…[ 6 ] Of them only 59 have neurosurgical departments recognized for MCh Neurosurgery training program. [ 7 ] The institutes with neurosurgical training are approved for only 190 candidate's intake per year. [ 7 ] There are approximately 1,800 neurosurgeons in India [ 7 ] with one neurosurgeon for treating 25-30 lakh general population, which is a very low doctor patient ratio as compared to any developed country (one neurosurgeon per 2.5 lakh).…”

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Traumatic brain injury related research in India: An overview of published literature

Agrawal

Munivenkatappa

Shukla

et al. 2016

Int J Crit Illn Inj Sci

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Aim:This paper provides an overview of publications by Indian researchers on traumatic brain injury between 1966 and 2014, to set up a platform for evaluating and synthesizing the results and findings from brain injury research in India.Materials and Methods:All published articles from India related to brain injury since 1966 to 2014 were retrieved from PubMed using the search for (“craniocerebral trauma”[MeSH Terms] OR (“craniocerebral”[All Fields] AND “trauma”[All Fields]) OR “craniocerebral trauma”[All Fields] OR (“head”[All Fields] AND “injury”[All Fields]) OR “head injury”[All Fields]) AND (“India”[MeSH Terms] OR “India”[All Fields]) A data base for variables like study type/category, year of publication, place of study institutes and departments to which the corresponding author belonged or where the study was conducted and the journal of publication was developed in FileMaker Pro 13 Advanced® software. Frequencies and percentages was obtained using R statistics software.Results:A total of 624 original research articles from India were reviewed. There was a substantial increase in the number of publications from 2006 (175) to 2014 (213). Eighty percent of studies were primary clinical observational type. Only 1.6% of studies were on animal experiments. Original research articles were about 55.8%. One fourth of the studies are prospective in nature. Researchers from 46 medical departments have been involved in publishing papers on traumatic brain injury. Among these, the neurosurgery department has published highest number of publications (262), followed by the forensic medicine (32) and the neurology (21). Many institutes from 22 states have contributed in brain injury research. Delhi alone had published nearly one-fourth (23%) of papers. Eleven states had published papers in collaboration with other countries. Papers were published both in national and international journals. Neurology India had published 20.6% of papers.Conclusion:There is rapid increase in publications since last decade with multi departmental integration and international collaborations. However with existing brain injury resources in our country much more research work at both basic and clinical level should be encouraged.

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“…Although NESON with around 80 members looks small in comparison to neighboring India (1800 neurosurgeons) or USA & Canada (4000 neurosurgeons), I am sure as time goes by we will be at one be at par with the neurosurgery in developed countries.1,6 NESON will have to follow guidelines from other societies regarding opening and training subspecialties and formulate their own rules based on the loco-regional geographic, ethnic, political and medical statistics. [5][6][7] Dr Yam Bahadur Roka MS, M.Ch., IFAANS…”

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