Neurosurgery in India: an overview.
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چکیده
This overview of neurosurgery in India during the last six decades gives a holistic perspective of the phenomenal advances made. Neurosurgical education, the change in clinical spectrum of diseases and their presentation, evolution of various subspecialties and societies, the state of research, the issues peculiar to India, including the urban-rural health divide, the increasing role of information and communication technology in neurosurgery, and the gradual but definite global recognition of Indian neurosurgery will be addressed.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- World neurosurgery
دوره 79 5-6 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2013