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Emphasizes perioperative medicine to address rising complications; leaves open scalable service models for global surgical demand.
This article outlines the growing demand for surgical services globally, both in developing and developed countries. The implications of this increasing demand are explored, with particular attention focused on the enduring burden of perioperative complications. The role of critical care in ensuring the safe delivery of surgical services is also examined. Solutions to the 'surgical epidemic' are proposed including the role of perioperative medicine in reconfiguring services to provide safe surgical care.
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