Background The ongoing pandemic is having a collateral health effect on delivery of
surgical care to millions of patients. Very little is known about pandemic management and …

Safe and effective implementation of remote surgery and telementoring can have significant
limitations. The mentored surgeons and the mentor (telesurgeon) also rated image quality …

Objective We aimed to describe the mortality burden and macroeconomic effects of head
and neck cancer as well as delineate the role of surgical workforce in improving head and …

Climate change affects human health in a myriad of ways, requiring reassessment of the
nature of scaling up care delivery and the effect that care delivery has on the environment. 5 …

Developing a national surgical, obstetric, and anesthesia plan is an important first step for
countries to strengthen their surgical systems and improve surgical care. Barriers to …

Recent evidence suggests that strengthening surgical care within existing health systems
will strengthen the overall healthcare system. However, Nigeria's national strategic health …

Progress on surgical system strengthening has been slow due to a disconnect between
evidence generation and the information required for effective policymaking. This systematic …

Strong surgical systems are necessary to prevent premature death and avoidable disability
from surgical conditions. The epidemiological transition, which has led to a rising burden of …

Abstract Background and Objective Financial hardship occurring as a result of cancer
treatment has been termed financial toxicity and is an established side effect of the cancer …

Although the disparities in access to surgical care around the world were described in 1980
as the “most serious manifestation of social inequity in health care” by Dr Halfdan Mahler …