Publications by authors named "Lynne L Lucena"
World Neurosurg X
April 2020
Article Synopsis
- This study examines the impacts of task-sharing (TS) in neurosurgery in the Philippines, particularly in responding to a shortage of neurosurgeons and high neurotrauma cases.
- TS providers (general surgery residents) conducted 95 out of 214 emergency neurosurgeries, with no significant differences in mortality rates, reoperation, or pneumonia between TS providers and neurosurgeons.
- The findings suggest that task-sharing can be an effective model, as TS patients had shorter hospital stays and outcomes similar to those treated by neurosurgeons.
