Alba Corell, John N Jabang, Job Manneh, Ebrima K Manneh, Magnus Tisell, Christian Brandt, Tomas Majing, Camilla Smedberg, Charlotte Förars, Sarinah Rebucas, Pascal Goswell, Tove Ronold, Caroline Landén, Anders Engström, Pia Sorto, Enoch Uche, Daouda Wague, Youssoupha Sakho, Jimmy Sundblom
INTRODUCTION: Globally, many regions have an urgent, unmet need of neurosurgical care. A multi-step neurosurgical twinning technique, International Neurosurgical Twinning Modeled for Africa (INTIMA), was proved to be successful during a previous mission to Neurosurgical Unit, Enugu, Nigeria. The Swedish African Neurosurgical Collaboration (SANC) performed a developmental mission together with the local neurosurgical unit in The Gambia, adopting the INTIMA model. METHODS: A multidisciplinary team visited for a 2-week collaborative mission at the Neurosurgical Department of the Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital in Banjul, The Gambia...
April 11, 2024: Acta Neurochirurgica