'Global surgery'is the term adopted to describe a rapidly developing multidisciplinary field
aiming to provide improved and equitable surgical care across international health systems …

Summary The first Lancet Oncology Commission on Global Cancer Surgery was published
in 2015 and serves as a landmark paper in the field of cancer surgery. The Commission …

Background: Despite the well-established potent benefit of mechanical thrombectomy (MT)
for large vessel occlusion (LVO) stroke, access to MT has not been studied globally. We …

Background Congenital anomalies have risen to become the fifth leading cause of under-
five mortality globally. The majority of deaths and disability occur in low-and middle-income …

The COVID-19 pandemic demonstrates the deficiencies that exist around the world with
respect to specialized surgical care. Recently, a study was published where the authors …

Introduction Systematic collection and analysis of surgical outcomes data is a cornerstone of
surgical quality improvement. Unfortunately, there remains a dearth of surgical outcomes …

Pericardial disease in the developing world is dominated primarily by effusive and
constrictive syndromes and contributes to the acute and chronic heart failure burden in many …

Background: Despite health system advances, residents of low-and middle-income
countries continue to experience substantial barriers in accessing health care, particularly …

Surgery is increasingly recognized as an essential component of global health
development. This article will review the state of global pediatric surgery, utilizing congenital …

Background 11% of the global burden of disease requires surgical care or anaesthesia
management or both. Some studies have estimated this burden to be as high as 30%. The …