🌐 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37931081
“There are 174 neurosurgeons practicing in the Philippines or approximately one neurosurgeon for every 600 000 people. In 9 provinces, neurosurgeons were only available part-time, and 35 provinces had no neurosurgeons at all, equivalent to an underserved population of 24 million people. Among 99 survey respondents, the median numbers of neurosurgical consults and operations every month were 30 (IQR:35) and 8 (IQR:8), respectively. The top neurosurgical procedures were burr holes/craniotomy for traumatic brain injury, craniotomy for stroke, and biopsy/resection of brain tumors. There are an estimated 93 498 cases requiring essential neurosurgery every year.”
🌐 https://neurosurgery.mmcminds.com/