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August 5, 2019International Journal of Surgery

Ensuring safe surgical care across resource settings via surgical outcomes data & quality improvement initiatives

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Why the study?

Despite operating on low-risk patients, low- and middle-income countries experience increased postoperative mortality compared to higher-resource settings, largely from preventable complications like surgical site infections.

Design

Editorial

Authors

BEBelain EyobMBMarissa A. BoeckPOPatrick Fa Si Oen

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Overview

Hypothesis-generating for device innovations addressing LMIC surgical gaps; prospective trials needed before practice change.

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Cite This Study

Eyob et al. (2019) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7056c5f44fa9f079ddf662https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijsu.2019.07.036
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