Background No validated perioperative risk assessment models currently exist for use in
humanitarian settings. To inform the development of a perioperative mortality risk …

Background Although many studies have compared outcomes of laparoscopic
appendectomy (LA) and open appendectomy (OA), some clinical and economic outcomes …

Background The lack of access to essential surgery for many of our world's children is a
global health crisis. A third of all deaths in the pediatric population are due to surgical …

Background All-cause perioperative mortality rate (POMR) is a commonly reported metric to
assess surgical quality. Benchmarking POMR remains difficult due to differences in surgical …

Aim of the study This study aims to evaluate supervised machine learning algorithms in
predicting 90 days post-operative mortality in gastrointestinal and HPB surgeries and …

The aim was to do a retrospective analysis and audit of our 90-day and in-hospital
mortalities after gastrointestinal and hepatopancreatic biliary surgeries performed in our …

Background Access to timely and safe emergency general surgery remains a challenge in
sub‐Saharan Africa due to issues such as insufficient human capacity and infrastructure …

To Editor-In-Chief, In recent times, there have been a lot of improvements in the quality of
surgical care. Due to better patient selection, better operative techniques, technological …

Background: Surgical care is an essential component to achieve universal health coverage.
An increase in children's surgical burden is recognized worldwide, but changes in the …

Background Although many studies have compared outcomes of laparoscopic
appendectomy (LA) and open appendectomy (OA), some clinical and economic outcomes …