*Duke University Division of Global Neurosurgery and Neuroscience, Durham, NC
†Duke University Medical School, Durham, NC
‡Department of Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
§Makerere University School of Public Health, Kampala, Uganda
¶Department of Anatomy, Makerere University School of Medicine, Kampala, Uganda
||Uganda Bureau of Statistics, Kampala, Uganda
**Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
††Department of Surgery, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda
‡‡Department of Neurosurgery, Duke University, Durham, NC.
Reprints: Michael M. Haglund, MD, PhD, Department of Neurosurgery, Duke University 4508 Hospital, South Durham, NC 27710. E-mail: [email protected].
Author contributions: TMT, ATF, and EKB conducted the literature search. TMT made the figures. ATF, EKB, FM, JGC, MG, MMH, SL, and TMT designed the study. ATF, TMT, and CM supervised data collection. ATF, EKB, FM, JGC, MG, MMH, SL, and TMT analyzed and interpreted the data. VFS guided the sampling design and helped interpret the data. ATF, EKB, FM, JGC, MG, MMH, SL, and TMT wrote the report. All authors commented on and critically revised the manuscript.
Funding disclosures: Funding was provided by the Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University Department of Neurosurgery, University of Minnesota Department of Surgery, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, and Johnson and Johnson Family of Companies. Funding sources played no role in the study design, data collection, data analysis, or writing of the manuscript. All authors had full access to the data and had final responsibility for the decision to submit for publication.
The authors report no conflicts of interest.