Background: Delayed presentation of surgical disease often leads to infection in low-and
middle-income countries (LMICs). In addition, many primary infections require surgical …

Introduction/purpose The burden of pediatric surgical disease is largely unknown in low-and
middle-income countries such as Uganda where access to care is limited. Methods …

Background The precise burden of paediatric surgical care in South Africa is unknown. In
the absence of epidemiological data, hospital-based study is a first step to gauge the burden …

Abstract Background/Purpose Perioperative complications cause significant pediatric
morbidity and mortality in low-and lower middle-income countries. This study investigates …

Background Sub-Saharan Africa experiences a disproportionate amount of pediatric
surgical disease, with 80% of children lacking access to timely, affordable, and safe surgical …

Objective: This study aimed to describe the pattern and outcome of paediatric surgical cases
operated upon in a newly established paediatric surgical unit in Nigeria. Subjects and …

Background: Intra-abdominal infections encompass a wide range of conditions from
uncomplicated appendicitis to fecal peritonitis. Little is known about the burden of …

Background: Acute abdominal conditions are a common reason for emergency admission of
children. Little is available in the literature about such conditions in our subregion, especially …

Background: Little is known about the surgical conditions affecting the pediatric population
in low-income countries. In this article we describe the epidemiology of pediatric surgical …

BackgroundInfectious diseases have always been the lime light of global health with very
little focus on childhood surgical conditions despite the fact that children constitute about half …