Neurosurgery-centred multidisciplinary team-based decisions: Experience from Iraq

Abstract

A multidisciplinary team (MDT) brings together a group of healthcare professionals from different fields at a specific time to discuss a case. People in an MDT can contribute to the decisions and plans for diagnosing and managing the patient. [1].

MDT in healthcare settings is essential; the main aim is to bring together a group of healthcare professionals from different fields and combine their inputs—this assistance in discussing patients’ presentations and findings, determining comprehensive treatment plans, and treatment side effects. The physical and psychological effects of impaired of these functions can significantly impact patients' quality of life and social well-being. [1].

In war-torn countries with limited resources and complex specialities like neurosurgery, MDT-based decisions may significantly impact the treatment process and outcome. In this paper, we try to highlight the differences in MDT-based work environments compared to the paucity of such organized decisions in war-torn regions of Iraq.