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ArticleLancet (London, England)2014

Global surgery: defining an emerging global health field.

Anna J Dare, Caris E Grimes, Rowan Gillies, Sarah L M Greenberg, Lars Hagander, John G Meara, Andrew J M Leather

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Article in Lancet (London, England), 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 56 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

56 citing papers in PubMed.

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  11. Surgical Systems Strengthening in Urogynecology.International urogynecology journal · 2024
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  13. A Decade of Global Skull Base Researchers: Authorship Trends from 3,295 Abstracts in theJournal of neurological surgery. Part B, Skull base · 2024
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  19. Urologist Workforce and Services in Ethiopia.World journal of surgery · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Anna J DareKing's Centre for Global Health, King's Health Partners and King's College London, London, UK. Electronic address: anna.dare@gmail.com.
Caris E GrimesKing's Centre for Global Health, King's Health Partners and King's College London, London, UK.
Rowan GilliesProgram in Global Surgery and Social Change, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston MA, USA.
Sarah L M GreenbergProgram in Global Surgery and Social Change, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston MA, USA.
Lars HaganderDepartment of Clinical Sciences, International Paediatrics and Paediatric Surgery, Lund University, Sweden.
John G MearaProgram in Global Surgery and Social Change, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston MA, USA.
Andrew J M LeatherKing's Centre for Global Health, King's Health Partners and King's College London, London, UK.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Indexed as

General SurgeryGlobal HealthHealth Services AccessibilityDeveloping CountriesHumansPovertyQuality of Health CareSurgeons

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