Background Clinical outcomes after major surgery are poorly described at the national level.
Evidence of heterogeneity between hospitals and health-care systems suggests potential to …

The Lancet Commission on Global Surgery1 identified that 313 million surgical procedures
are performed worldwide each year. Little is known about the quality of surgery globally …

Background: As global initiatives increase patient access to surgical treatments, there
remains a need to understand the adverse effects of surgery and define appropriate levels of …

OBJECTIVES The aim of our study was to investigate early mortality after cardiac surgery
and to determine the most adequate follow-up period for the evaluation of mortality rates …

Background 80% of individuals with cancer will require a surgical procedure, yet little
comparative data exist on early outcomes in low-income and middle-income countries …

Background There is a need to increase access to surgical treatments in African countries,
but perioperative complications represent a major global health-care burden. There are few …

BACKGROUND: Among adults undergoing contemporary noncardiac surgery, little is known
about the frequency and timing of death and the associations between perioperative …

Background Few data are available that systematically describe rates and trends of
postoperative mortality for fairly large, unselected patient populations. Methods This …

Background. The incidence and impact of postoperative complications are poorly described.
Failure-to-rescue, the rate of death following complications, is an important quality measure …

Background. The optimal perioperative use of intensive care unit (ICU) resources is not yet
defined. We sought to determine the effect of ICU admission on perioperative (30 day) and …