A glimpse of practice of neurosurgery in Africa: Challenges and opportunities

Affiliations

¹ Department of Research, Medical Research Circle (MedReC), Bukavu, People's Republic of Congo.
² College of Medicine, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu state, Nigeria.
³ Department of Neurological Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, Presbyterian Hospital, USA.
⁴ Department of Surgery, Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu, Ogun State, Nigeria.
⁵ Department of Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom.
⁶ Department of Neurosurgery, Neurosurgery Clinic, Birgunj, Nepal.

Inibehe Ime Okon et al. Brain Spine. 2023.

. 2023 Dec 2:4:102720.

doi: 10.1016/j.bas.2023.102720. eCollection 2024.

¹ Department of Research, Medical Research Circle (MedReC), Bukavu, People's Republic of Congo.
² College of Medicine, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu state, Nigeria.
³ Department of Neurological Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, Presbyterian Hospital, USA.
⁴ Department of Surgery, Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu, Ogun State, Nigeria.
⁵ Department of Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom.
⁶ Department of Neurosurgery, Neurosurgery Clinic, Birgunj, Nepal.

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