Case Series of Neurotrauma Managed by General Surgeon at Ladakh — The Highest Plateau State of India

Abstract

Trauma including neurotrauma is one of the major killers in the world. The health infrastructure in developing countries has a huge disparity, with super specialist care confined to big cities only. Adding to this problem is factors like poverty, poor road condition and no organised emergency evacuation system. The utopian scenario where specialist and infrastructure are made available in every village is a distant dream. So at present, the most feasible and cost-effective way to prevent death due to neurotrauma in rural and remote setting is putting the general surgeon working in remote area at the forefront. Our study is an effort in this direction and is reporting operative management of patients with neurotrauma in remote high-altitude Ladakh. So today, the need of hour is continuing skill enhancement training for capacity building of rural surgeon, where they are trained to do burr hole and craniotomy for reducing mortality and morbidity from neurotrauma.