. 2023 Oct 18:21:100244.

doi: 10.1016/j.wnsx.2023.100244. eCollection 2024 Jan.

The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on global neurosurgery collaborations

Alvan-Emeka K Ukachukwu^{1

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3}, Nancy Abu-Bonsrah^{1

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5}, Andreas Seas^{1

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6}, Zoey Petitt^{1

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7}, Romaric Waguia-Kouam^{1

8}, Samantha Ramos¹, Alyssa Edwards^{1

9}, Di D Deng¹, Michael M Haglund^{1

2

3

7}, Anthony T Fuller^{1

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3

7}; DGNN-COVID-19 Impact Survey Collaborators

Collaborators, Affiliations

Collaborators

DGNN-COVID-19 Impact Survey Collaborators:
Amos Olufemi Adeleye¹⁰, Misbahu Ahmad¹¹, Abenezer Tirsit Aklilu¹², Jeffrey Blount¹³, Michael Dewan¹⁴, Linda Domeisen¹⁵, Geneviève Endalle¹⁶, Ignatius Esene¹⁷, Kristina Faulkner¹⁸, David Hong¹⁹, Corrado Iaccarino²⁰, Chibuikem Ikwuegbuenyi²¹, James Johnston¹³, David Kitya¹², Tsegazeab Laeke²², Muhammad Raji Mahmud²³, Christine Muhumuza²⁴, Josephine Najjuma²⁵, Anil Nanda²⁶, Ahmed Negida²⁷, Frank Nketiah-Boakye²⁸, Wellingson Paiva²⁹, Kee Park²⁷, Mahmood Qureshi³⁰, Jack Rock³¹, Brandon Rocque¹³, Hamisi Shabani³², Muhammad Tariq³³, Magnus Tisell³⁴, Teddy Totimeh³⁵, André Yvan Zolo-Ossou³⁶

Affiliations

¹ Duke Global Neurosurgery and Neurology, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.
² Department of Neurosurgery, Duke University Health System, Durham, NC, USA.
³ Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA.
⁴ Department of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
⁵ Research Department, Association of Future African Neurosurgeons, Yaounde, Cameroon.
⁶ Pratt School of Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.
⁷ Duke Global Health Institute, Durham, NC, USA.
⁸ Campbell University School of Osteopathic Medicine, Lillington, NC, USA.
⁹ Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA.
¹⁰ College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, and University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria.
¹¹ Bayero University, and Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano, Nigeria.
¹² Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
¹³ University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL, USA.
¹⁴ Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
¹⁵ Global Neuro Foundation, Zurich, Switzerland.
¹⁶ University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon.
¹⁷ University of Bamenda, Bambili, Cameroon.
¹⁸ Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
¹⁹ Lehigh Valley Hospital, Allentown, PA, USA.
²⁰ University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy.
²¹ Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA.
²² Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital, Mbarara, Uganda.
²³ Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria.
²⁴ Makerere University School of Public Health, Kampala, Uganda.
²⁵ Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara, Uganda.
²⁶ Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, New Jersey, NJ, USA.
²⁷ Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
²⁸ Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana.
²⁹ University of Sao Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil.
³⁰ Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya.
³¹ Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, USA.
³² Muhimbili Orthopedic Institute, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
³³ Northwest General Hospital, Peshawar, Pakistan.
³⁴ Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden.
³⁵ University of Ghana Medical Center, Accra, Ghana.
³⁶ University of Capetown, Capetown, South Africa.

PMID: 38221953
PMCID: PMC10787299
DOI: 10.1016/j.wnsx.2023.100244

The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on global neurosurgery collaborations

Alvan-Emeka K Ukachukwu et al. World Neurosurg X. 2023.

. 2023 Oct 18:21:100244.

doi: 10.1016/j.wnsx.2023.100244. eCollection 2024 Jan.

Authors

Collaborators

DGNN-COVID-19 Impact Survey Collaborators:
Amos Olufemi Adeleye¹⁰, Misbahu Ahmad¹¹, Abenezer Tirsit Aklilu¹², Jeffrey Blount¹³, Michael Dewan¹⁴, Linda Domeisen¹⁵, Geneviève Endalle¹⁶, Ignatius Esene¹⁷, Kristina Faulkner¹⁸, David Hong¹⁹, Corrado Iaccarino²⁰, Chibuikem Ikwuegbuenyi²¹, James Johnston¹³, David Kitya¹², Tsegazeab Laeke²², Muhammad Raji Mahmud²³, Christine Muhumuza²⁴, Josephine Najjuma²⁵, Anil Nanda²⁶, Ahmed Negida²⁷, Frank Nketiah-Boakye²⁸, Wellingson Paiva²⁹, Kee Park²⁷, Mahmood Qureshi³⁰, Jack Rock³¹, Brandon Rocque¹³, Hamisi Shabani³², Muhammad Tariq³³, Magnus Tisell³⁴, Teddy Totimeh³⁵, André Yvan Zolo-Ossou³⁶

Affiliations

¹ Duke Global Neurosurgery and Neurology, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.
² Department of Neurosurgery, Duke University Health System, Durham, NC, USA.
³ Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA.
⁴ Department of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
⁵ Research Department, Association of Future African Neurosurgeons, Yaounde, Cameroon.
⁶ Pratt School of Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.
⁷ Duke Global Health Institute, Durham, NC, USA.
⁸ Campbell University School of Osteopathic Medicine, Lillington, NC, USA.
⁹ Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA.
¹⁰ College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, and University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria.
¹¹ Bayero University, and Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano, Nigeria.
¹² Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
¹³ University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL, USA.
¹⁴ Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
¹⁵ Global Neuro Foundation, Zurich, Switzerland.
¹⁶ University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon.
¹⁷ University of Bamenda, Bambili, Cameroon.
¹⁸ Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
¹⁹ Lehigh Valley Hospital, Allentown, PA, USA.
²⁰ University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy.
²¹ Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA.
²² Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital, Mbarara, Uganda.
²³ Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria.
²⁴ Makerere University School of Public Health, Kampala, Uganda.
²⁵ Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara, Uganda.
²⁶ Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, New Jersey, NJ, USA.
²⁷ Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
²⁸ Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana.
²⁹ University of Sao Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil.
³⁰ Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya.
³¹ Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, USA.
³² Muhimbili Orthopedic Institute, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
³³ Northwest General Hospital, Peshawar, Pakistan.
³⁴ Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden.
³⁵ University of Ghana Medical Center, Accra, Ghana.
³⁶ University of Capetown, Capetown, South Africa.

PMID: 38221953
PMCID: PMC10787299
DOI: 10.1016/j.wnsx.2023.100244

No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; Collaborations; Coronavirus disease 2019; Global neurosurgery; Low- and middle-income countries; Pandemic.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have no financial or other competing interests to disclose, and the work is not under consideration for publication by any other journal or in any other form.

Figures

**Fig. 1**
A heatmap showing global neurosurgical collaborations along the horizontal axis, and their corresponding partner countries along the y-axis.

**Fig. 2**
Normalized counts of various research outputs shown over time, with significant differences noted (as given by ANOVA and post-hoc t-test).

**Fig. 3**
Normalized counts of various service delivery outputs shown over time, with significant differences noted (as given by ANOVA and post-hoc t-test).

**Fig. 4**
Normalized counts of various educational outputs shown over time. Note that no significant differences were found among these data.

**Fig. 5**
Quantification of technology transfer performed by global neurosurgical collaborations from 2018 to 2021.

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