Introduction Abdominal surgical emergencies remain prevalent in various healthcare
settings, particularly in regions with limited access to basic surgical care, such as Africa. The …

Objective To provide a general overview of the reported current surgical capacity and
delivery in order to advance current knowledge and suggest targets for further development …

Background Global surgery research is often generated through collaborative partnerships
between researchers from both low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) and high-income …

Abstract Background The Acute Care Surgery (ACS) model was developed as a dedicated
service for the provision of 24/7 nontrauma emergency surgical care. This systematic review …

The global shortage of skilled anaesthesiologists, surgeons and obstetricians is a leading
cause of high unmet surgical need. Although anaesthetic and surgical task-shifting are …

Introduction: mortality among surgical admissions is a global phenomenon, but the rates,
pattern and factors that predict such deaths vary from region to region and even in one …

Background Surgical care has long been considered too exclusive and uneconomical to be
a public health priority, despite one third of the total global burden of disease being …

Objective: Recently, emergency and essential surgical and anesthesia care at district
hospitals is increasingly gaining recognition as a critical, though neglected element of health …

Background Developing a contextually appropriate curriculum is critical to train physicians
who can address surgical challenges in sub-Saharan Africa. An innovative modified Delphi …

Background: Wound infection (WI) is a disease in which pathogenic bacteria invade and
multiply in a wound after trauma or surgery, causing a systemic inflammatory response. WI …