Introduction The Lancet Commission on Global Surgery proposed the perioperative mortality
rate (POMR) as one of the six key indicators of the strength of a country's surgical system …

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 …

Objectives To systematically review existing literature on hospital-based quality
improvement studies in sub-Saharan Africa that aim to improve surgical and anaesthesia …

Abstract Background The Surgical Safety Checklist (SSC) is a patient safety tool shown to
reduce mortality and to improve teamwork and adherence with perioperative safety …

Background Surgical care is essential to health systems but remains a challenge for low-and
middle-income countries (LMICs). Current metrics to assess access and delivery of surgical …

Background Technological advances have led to the generation of large amounts of data,
both in surgical research and practice. Despite this, it is unclear how much originates in low …

Background. The World Health Organization (WHO) has implemented the Surgical Safety
Checklist (SSCL) as part of the Safe Surgery Saves Lives campaign. This is aimed at …

Purpose Patients are sometimes admitted to intensive care units (ICU) after elective
noncardiac surgery for advanced monitoring and treatments not available on a general …

Importance Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) causes significant morbidity and is an
important risk factor for cardiovascular disease–related mortality. However, the burden of …

Background Surgical outcomes study for individual nations remains important because of
international differences in patterns of surgical disease. We aimed to contribute to data on …