ReviewWorld journal of surgery2011
State of surgery in tropical Africa: a review.
Review in World journal of surgery, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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22 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 59 citations in OpenAlex.
- Systematic Review of Surgical Literature from Resource-Limited Countries: Developing Strategies for Success.World journal of surgery · 2015Pooled it
- Economics of Task-Shifting in Surgery: A Systematic Review.Health science reports · 2025Review
- A scoping review of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS), protocol implementation, and its impact on surgical outcomes and healthcare systems in Africa.Perioperative medicine (London, England) · 2024Article
- Psychosocial impact of surgical complications and the coping mechanisms among surgeons in Uganda and Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.PLOS global public health · 2024Article
- Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Sub-Saharan Africa.JCO global oncology · 2021Article
- Acquisition of Surgical Skills by Final-Year Medical Students in State-Owned Medical Schools of Cameroon: Are We Doing Any Good?World journal of surgery · 2019Article
- Lasting impact: a qualitative study of perspectives on surgery by adult recipients of free mission-based surgical care in Benin.BMJ open · 2019Article
- What is 'global surgery'? Defining the multidisciplinary interface between surgery, anaesthesia and public health.BMJ global health · 2019Review
- The Basic Surgical Skills Course in Sub-Saharan Africa: An Observational Study of Effectiveness.World journal of surgery · 2018Observational
- Short- and long-term results of low cost trauma training in a low-income resource-poor country.MedEdPublish (2016) · 2018Article
- Management and Outcomes of Acute Surgical Patients at a District Hospital in Uganda with Non-physician Emergency Clinicians.World journal of surgery · 2017Article
- Trauma care in Malawi: A call to action.Malawi medical journal : the journal of Medical Association of Malawi · 2017Article
- Clinical trials in low and middle-income countries - Successes and challenges.Gynecologic oncology reports · 2017Review
- Experience of collaboration between a Dutch surgical team in a Ghanaian Orthopaedic Teaching Hospital.African health sciences · 2016Article
- Obstacles to implementation of an intervention to improve surgical services in an Ethiopian hospital: a qualitative study of an international health partnership project.BMC health services research · 2016Article
- Cancer Care in Africa: An Overview of Resources.Journal of global oncology · 2015Review
- The Global Paediatric Surgery Network: a model of subspecialty collaboration within global surgery.World journal of surgery · 2015Article
- Vital Signs Directed Therapy: Improving Care in an Intensive Care Unit in a Low-Income Country.PloS one · 2015Article
- Inter-facility transfer of surgical emergencies in a developing country: effects on management and surgical outcomes.World journal of surgery · 2014Article
- A qualitative study comparing experiences of the surgical safety checklist in hospitals in high-income and low-income countries.BMJ open · 2013Article
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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
This is a review of recently published literature on surgery in tropical Africa. It presents the current state of surgical need and surgical practice on the continent. We discuss the enormous burden of surgical pathology (as far as it is known) and the access to and acceptability of surgery. We also describe the available facilities in terms of equipment and manpower. The study looked at the effects of the human immunodeficiency virus, the role of traditional healers, anesthesia, and the economics of surgery. Medical training and research are discussed, as are medical migration out of Africa and the concept of task shifting, where surgical procedures are performed by others when surgeons are not available. It closes with recommendations for involvement and action in this area of great global need.
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