Extending neurological care to a developing world
| Autor: | Melvin L. Cheatham |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Neurological care Specialty Developing country Computed tomography Magnetic resonance imaging Bioinformatics Editorial Positron emission tomography Angiography Medicine Surgery Medical physics Neurology (clinical) business Operating microscope |
| Zdroj: | Surgical Neurology International |
| ISSN: | 2152-7806 |
| Popis: | Most of the specialty areas of Neurological Science have developed over the course of the past 70 years. This has come about with the advent of angiography followed by nuclear scanning, computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and positron emission tomography (PET) scanning. The operating microscope and surgical loops have brought us microneurosurgery. Various instrumentation measures provide methods of spine stabilization. The joint efforts of various specialties have refined surgery at the skull base. The electronic age and computers have provided us the ability to communicate and educate on a worldwide basis. Yet, neurological care for people in developing countries is largely minimal or non-existent. The question is: “What can we do to extend neurological care to the developing world? |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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