Appropriate technology for neurosurgery

Though more than 50 years have elapsed since neurosurgery has come to the developing countries, vast areas of the population do not have neurosurgical facilities available to them. This is due not only to the economic status of the country but also as a result of the training that the neurosurgical trainee receives. It is proposed in this article that while the young neurosurgeon must, without doubt, be very well trained in the latest technology, at the same time he must be taught to work with confidence with whatever facilities are available without any feeling of inferiority. The locally available appropriate technology should be fully utilized. The neurosurgeon at the periphery must be provided with the minimum essential neurosurgical equipment and also with good compensation. The concerned governments, the public, neurosurgical teachers, and neurosurgical societies and journals have a great role to play in this difficult task.