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The Burden of Surgical Disease Working Group reviewed surgical epidemiology and unmet global surgical needs during humanitarian crises, providing an outline of findings and recommendations.
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May guide crisis preparedness for clinicians; leaves open prospective validation of recommendations in humanitarian settings.
This report outlines recommendations for managing the growing global burden of surgical disease in humanitarian crises.
McQueen et al. (2009) conducted a review in Surgical disease. The Burden of Surgical Disease Working Group reviewed surgical epidemiology and unmet global surgical needs during humanitarian crises, providing an outline of findings and recommendations.
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