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Academic Global Surgery: Creating Opportunities, Equity, and Diversity
Annals of Global Health, 2023 A workforce trained in the development and delivery of equitable surgical care is critical in reducing the global burden of surgical disease. Academic global surgery aims to address the present inequities through collaborative partnerships that foster ...
Tanaz Vaghaiwalla +10 more
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Surgical leadership in changing times: the American College of Surgeons perspective
Innovative Surgical Sciences, 2019 Surgeons around the globe are challenged by the rapid evolution of the environment in which they practice their profession. Changes in surgical technologies, the complexity of surgical patient care, and the regulatory and financial environment of ...
Bass Barbara Lee
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Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 2020 This article outlines the global surgery activities held at the 66th Annual International Meeting of the British Association of Paediatric Surgeons (BAPS) in 2019. For the first time BAPS introduced a plenary session on global surgery. Topics that were covered include management of birth defects in Low-Middle Income Countries (LMIC), mostly ...
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Decolonizing the decolonization movement in global health: A perspective from global surgery
Frontiers in Education, 2022 There has been a recent increase in dialogs around decolonization in global health. We present a perspective from global surgery emphasizing personal experiences around equity in barriers to education and surgical missions, citing specific personal ...
Emmanuel Bua, Saad Liaqat Sahi
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Audiology Research, 2022 Background: The advancement of otologic surgery in low-resource settings has been limited by the cost and transport of surgical equipment. This study compared the transportation costs of an otologic microscopic surgical setup (MSS) versus an endoscopic ...
Rachel Thompson +3 more
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Ethical considerations in global surgery [PDF]
Journal of British Surgery, 2019 Six key principles, seven ...
E, Steyn, J, Edge
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Disseminating technology in global surgery [PDF]
British Journal of Surgery, 2019 Abstract Background Effective dissemination of technology in global surgery is vital to realize universal health coverage by 2030. Challenges include a lack of human resource, infrastructure and finance.
Bolton, WS +8 more
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Health Science Reports, 2023 Background and Aims Prostate cancer imposes a significant health burden, particularly in South America with its high incidence and mortality rates. This article explores the emergence of robot‐assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) as a potential solution
Hareesha Rishab Bharadwaj +6 more
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Global Surgery and Mercy Ships
Journal of Oral Biology and Craniofacial Research, 2022 Two-thirds of the world population do not have access to safe, affordable and timely surgery. This global surgical crisis largely affects low and middle-income countries, and it will surpass the challenges created by communicable diseases. The barriers of access to surgery range from cost of surgery and patient transportation to availability and ...
Leo Cheng, Hilary Cheng, Gary Parker
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Accountability in global surgery missions [PDF]
BMJ Global Health, 2018 ### Summary box There are limited supervisory systems, if any, regulating poor outcomes after medical and surgical missions in low and middle-income countries (LMICs). Even in the environment of close legal and academic oversight,1 2 the medical community fights the perception that only ‘good’ outcomes are reported in medical journals.3 The nature of ...
Zitzman, Elena +2 more
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