Araújo Antônio Victor Santos, Lacerda Amanda Araújo, de Oliveira Amanda Alves, Filho Euler Nicolau Sauaia
Academic Unit of Life Sciences, Federal University of Campina Grande (UFCG), Cajazeiras-Paraiba, Brazil.
Health Sciences Center, University of Fortaleza (UNIFOR), Fortaleza-Ceara, Brazil.
Surg Neurol Int. 2023 May 5;14:161. doi: 10.25259/SNI_194_2023. eCollection 2023.
Harvey Cushing and collaborators created the first society of neurosurgeons in 1920, in the United States of America, the Society of Neurological Surgeons. In 1955, the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies (WFNS) was created in Switzerland to improve neurosurgical care globally through the scientific cooperation of members. The performance of neurosurgical associations today is fundamental to discuss diagnostic methods and therapeutic approaches, transforming modern medicine. Although most neurosurgical associations are recognized worldwide, there are some societies that are not recognized internationally due to a lack of regulatory bodies and lack of official digital channels, among other reasons. The main objective of the article is to list the neurosurgical societies and to provide a more integrated view of the interactions between neurosurgical societies in different countries.
We developed a table summarizing the countries recognized by the United Nations, the continents, capitals, name of the present societies, and social networks. We utilized "Country AND (Neurosurgery OR Neurological Surgery) AND (Society OR Association)," in English, and in the native language of the country. Our search included: PubMed, Scopus, Google, Google Scholar, and the WFNS website, without filters.
We found 189 neurosurgery associations, from 131 countries and territories; 77 countries did not have their own neurosurgical societies.
There is a difference between the number of internationally recognized societies, and the number of societies found in this study. In the future, we should better organize neurosurgical societies in countries that have neurosurgical activity with those without such resources.
1920年，哈维·库欣及其合作者在美国创立了首个神经外科医生协会——神经外科协会。1955年，世界神经外科协会联合会（WFNS）在瑞士成立，旨在通过成员间的科学合作改善全球神经外科护理。如今，神经外科协会的运作对于讨论诊断方法和治疗手段至关重要，推动着现代医学的发展。尽管大多数神经外科协会在全球范围内得到认可，但仍有一些协会由于缺乏监管机构和官方数字渠道等原因未获得国际认可。本文的主要目的是列出神经外科协会，并更全面地呈现不同国家神经外科协会之间的互动情况。
我们制作了一个表格，汇总了联合国认可的国家、各大洲、首都、现有协会名称及社交网络。我们使用英文以及各国母语，以“Country AND (Neurosurgery OR Neurological Surgery) AND (Society OR Association)”进行搜索。我们的搜索范围包括：PubMed、Scopus、谷歌、谷歌学术以及WFNS网站，未设筛选条件。
我们从131个国家和地区找到了189个神经外科协会；77个国家没有自己的神经外科协会。
国际认可的协会数量与本研究中发现的协会数量存在差异。未来，我们应更好地组织有神经外科活动的国家的神经外科协会与缺乏此类资源的国家的协会进行合作。
