| Literature DB >> 32572570 |
Fraser Henderson1, Jacob Lepard2, Jason Seibly3, William Rambo4, Scott Boswell5, William R Copeland6.
Abstract
Telecollaboration via web-based platforms has emerged as a tool to relieve constraints on the establishment of tumor boards for neurosurgical oncology. Challenging tumor cases arising in low- and middle-income countries may benefit from the use of such models. The case of a 5-year-old boy presenting in Western Kenya with a challenging tumor and symptomatic hydrocephalus was presented on a novel web platform to a multi-national audience of neurosurgeons. The treating neurosurgeon invited a physician network to review the case vignette and radiographic images. Respondents independently offered input during a prescribed response period. Three respondents provided surgical opinions during a 24-h response period. The treating neurosurgeon utilized the pooled input to determine a course of action for the patient. When a web-based platform is available, lone neurosurgeons in low-resource settings may nevertheless apply multi-national, multi-institutional perspectives to challenging oncology cases.Entities:
Keywords: Global neurosurgery; Low- and middle-income countries; Neuro-oncology; Pediatric neurosurgery; Resident education; Sub-Saharan Africa; Tumor board
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Year: 2020 PMID: 32572570 DOI: 10.1007/s00381-020-04744-x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Childs Nerv Syst ISSN: 0256-7040 Impact factor: 1.475