Update on the global neurosurgery movement: A systematic review of international vernacular, research trends, and authorship.

Autor: Behmer Hansen RT; Department of Neurosurgery, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, United States. Electronic address: rtb98@njms.rutgers.edu., Behmer Hansen RA; Department of Neurosurgery, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, United States. Electronic address: rah229@njms.rutgers.edu., Behmer VA; Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States. Electronic address: vab34@case.edu., Gold J; University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, United States. Electronic address: justin_gold@my.uri.edu., Silva N; Department of Neurosurgery, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, United States. Electronic address: nicolesilvamd@gmail.com., Dubey A; Wollongong Hospital - NSW Health, Wollongong, Australia. Electronic address: arjundubey@hotmail.com., Nanda A; Department of Neurosurgery, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, United States. Electronic address: an651@rwjms.rutgers.edu.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of clinical neuroscience : official journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia [J Clin Neurosci] 2020 Sep; Vol. 79, pp. 183-190. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Aug 07.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2020.07.061
Abstrakt: In 2015, key global and neurosurgical organizations increased collaboration to improve neurosurgical care access, delivery, and outcomes, particularly in low- to middle-income countries (LMICs); sparking what has been termed the global neurosurgery movement. The authors sought to assess trends in usage of the term 'global neurosurgery' in academic literature with particular focus on author affiliations, world regions most frequently discussed, and topics of research performed. A PubMed search for articles indexed as 'global neurosurgery' was completed yielding 277 articles which met inclusion criteria. It was found that over time, use of the term 'global neurosurgery' has increased, with increasing growth notable starting in the year 2008 and continuing into October 2019. Statistical comparisons showed authors with affiliated global neurosurgery centers were more likely to publish studies related to the continent of Africa (47.4% vs 15.9%, p < 0.001), and less likely to focus on countries in Asia (2.6% vs 20.9%, p = 0.023). Use of the term 'global neurosurgery' in the article abstract/title/keywords was associated with focus on LMICs (18.6% vs. 5.1%, p = 0.006). Use of the term 'global neurosurgery' was associated with workforce and capacity as research topics (41.9% vs 22.6%, p = 0.036). While fairly new, the global neurosurgery movement has seen a rapid increase in publications utilizing the term 'global neurosurgery.' Articles frequently have focused on collaborative, targeted workforce capacity building in LMICs. We encourage the development of more global neurosurgery academic centers, especially in non-USA countries, to continue this momentum.
Competing Interests: Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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