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To describe the surgical pathology and assess national surgical capacity and operative standards across Papua New Guinea in the year 2000.

May 11, 2001ANZ Journal of SurgeryOpen Access

Surgical capability and surgical pathology in Papua New Guinea in the year 2000

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DWDavid WattersBarwon Health WKW. M. KapitgauUniversity of Papua New Guinea PKPeter KaminielNational Department of Health

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Health systems review demonstrates acceptable surgical outcomes despite resource constraints in Papua New Guinea, highlighting needs for subspecialty care and equipment.

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To describe the surgical pathology and assess national surgical capacity and operative standards across Papua New Guinea in the year 2000.
Reviewed publications, national health reports, computerized surgical audit records spanning five years, and Master of Medicine theses from the University of Papua New Guinea across 19 hospitals.
Appendicectomy incidence rose from 5 per 100,000 to 75 per 100,000 over three decades, accompanied by increasing diagnoses of diabetes and gallstones.
Surgical complication benchmarks included a 0.9% wound infection rate for clean and clean-contaminated abdominal cases, a 1.6% anastomotic leak rate, and a 3.7% overall surgical mortality rate.
Good neurological outcomes occurred in over 70% of head injury admissions presenting with a Glasgow Coma Score of 6 to 8.

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Watters et al. (2001) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a86fafe2527c72a71a24f67 https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1440-1622.2001.02101.x

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Health systems review demonstrates acceptable surgical outcomes despite resource constraints in Papua New Guinea, highlighting needs for subspecialty care and equipment.

Surgical capability and surgical pathology in Papua New Guinea in the year 2000

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Surgical capability and surgical pathology in Papua New Guinea in the year 2000

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