Multidisciplinary Treatment for Trauma—The AMN View

  • Klaus R. H. von Wild
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Abstract

The World Academy of Multidisciplinary Neurotraumatology (AMN) was established in 2003 on initiative Prof Tetsuo Kanno [40]. Like others he has realized the situation concerning acute neurotrauma care and functional rehabilitation in the eastern and the western hemisphere and he wanted to open up a platform for scientific education, communication, scientific exchange, and research on neurotrauma around the world. He had experienced such a cooperation regarding neurosurgery in Asia respectively for Neurotraumatology in Europe working with the Euroacademia multidisciplinaria neurotraumatologica (EMN) The EMN academicians are using a multiprofessional academic approach for the advancement of neurotrauma in research, practical application and teaching [1,2,32,34,44]. Neurotraumatology is a major burden for the social-economic and health- care systems around the world, despite the fact that the field of neurotrauma has made remarkable strides over the past three decades [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]. Figures of CCI and SCI victims are increasing, predominantly in the poor countries, while in the rich countries quality management in neurotrauma and legal accident prevention measures have reached a remarkable high standard that is reflected by the improvement of early functional outcome and final social reintegration and quality of life [36,42]. In contrast in the poor countries this situation got even worse despite all efforts.

Key words

interdisciplinary team approach multiprofessional management of TBI and SCI re-engineering of brain and spinal cord lesions restoration of locomotion functional rehabilitation in neurosurgery quality of life 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Klaus R. H. von Wild
    • 1
    • 2
    • 3
  1. 1.Medical FacultyWestf. Wilhelms-UniversityMünster, NRW
  2. 2.International neuroscience InstituteHannover
  3. 3.kvw-neuroscience consulting GmbHMünsterGermany

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