Avant-Garde Neuropediatric Surgeries at the Hospital Del Temuco Avoid Referral of Patients Outside the Region

As a significant achievement for families in the South of Chile, Dr. Claudio Parada described pediatric neurosurgery being performed at the Dr. Hernán Henríquez Aravena Hospital in Temuco. “Until 2022, patients with complex neurosurgical pathologies were referred to other centers of high complexity in Santiago or Concepción, which involved costly transfers, loss of follow-up and a significant family uprooting. Instead, we have already operated m…