Morgan E, Nwatuzor C
Department of Surgery, Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Nigeria.
Neurosurgery Division, Department of Surgery, Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Irrua, Nigeria.
Egypt J Neurosurg. 2020;35(1):6. doi: 10.1186/s41984-020-00081-y. Epub 2020 Mar 12.
Neurosurgical services is an essential component of tertiary level of health care, this field is still evolving in Nigeria with lack of material and manpower. There is a near complete absence of neurosurgeons in the rural communities in Nigeria with over 95% resident in urban area. Starting a neurosurgical services takes a huge sacrifice from the neurosurgeon who is faced with a decision to do something in the presence of a near absence of material and manpower, and in turn circumvent processes with extra burden so as to ensure he/she provides leadership with respect to patients care and assists in the training of allied surgeons and other healthcare staffs to mitigate against morbidity and mortality. Our research is aimed to highlight the total number of patients attended to in the neurosurgical unit, challenges, prospect, and future.
神经外科服务是三级医疗保健的重要组成部分，在尼日利亚，该领域仍在发展，面临物资和人力短缺的问题。尼日利亚农村社区几乎完全没有神经外科医生，超过95%的神经外科医生居住在城市地区。开展神经外科服务需要神经外科医生做出巨大牺牲，他们面临着在物资和人力几乎匮乏的情况下开展工作的决定，进而要绕过一些流程并承担额外负担，以确保在患者护理方面发挥领导作用，并协助培训相关外科医生和其他医护人员，以降低发病率和死亡率。我们的研究旨在突出神经外科病房接待的患者总数、挑战、前景和未来。
