2021
DOI: 10.1007/s12262-021-03002-x
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Case Series of Neurotrauma Managed by General Surgeon at Ladakh — The Highest Plateau State of India

Abstract: Trauma including neurotrauma is one of the major killers in the world. The health infrastructure in developing countries has a huge disparity, with super specialist care confined to big cities only. Adding to this problem is factors like poverty, poor road condition and no organised emergency evacuation system. The utopian scenario where specialist and infrastructure are made available in every village is a distant dream. So at present, the most feasible and cost-effective way to prevent death due to neurotrau… Show more

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“…The place of non-neurosurgeons in trauma care is potentially highly relevant. 5,6 Modified Australian guidelines are available on the Asian Australasian Society of Neurological Surgeons website (http://www.aans.org) for adaptation to situations.The Royal Australasian College of Surgeons and the NSA offer face to face and online training in assessing and managing acute neurotrauma and in basic trauma surgery.This paper serves to remind rural and remote practitioners of the guidelines for managing a neurosurgical emergency, to encourage them to undertake appropriate training, to ensure that a basic neurosurgical instruments are available in the local hospital and to establish a relationship with the appropriate neurosurgical unit.…”
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“…The place of non-neurosurgeons in trauma care is potentially highly relevant. 5,6 Modified Australian guidelines are available on the Asian Australasian Society of Neurological Surgeons website (http://www.aans.org) for adaptation to situations.The Royal Australasian College of Surgeons and the NSA offer face to face and online training in assessing and managing acute neurotrauma and in basic trauma surgery.This paper serves to remind rural and remote practitioners of the guidelines for managing a neurosurgical emergency, to encourage them to undertake appropriate training, to ensure that a basic neurosurgical instruments are available in the local hospital and to establish a relationship with the appropriate neurosurgical unit.…”
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“…The place of non-neurosurgeons in trauma care is potentially highly relevant. 5,6 Modified Australian guidelines are available on the Asian Australasian Society of Neurological Surgeons website (http://www.aans.org) for adaptation to situations.…”
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