Erschienen in:
01.11.2013
Editorial Perspective: Global Surgery: Measuring the Impact
verfasst von:
K. A. Kelly McQueen
Erschienen in:
World Journal of Surgery
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Ausgabe 11/2013
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Excerpt
Surgery and safe anesthesia are important contributors to global public health. This recent recognition occurs as non-communicable disease is growing and surpassing the role of communicable disease [
1], including HIV/AIDS, in contributing to disability and premature death in low-income countries (LICs.) Surgical intervention for trauma, cancer, obstetric emergencies, and other essential surgical conditions [
2] is required to affect the global burden of disease (GBD). Prioritizing surgical interventions for the conditions in LICs contributing most greatly to the GBD and for which the surgery is cost-effective and proven [
3] has created a focus on treating trauma, some cancers, cataracts, simple congenital defects, and obstetric emergencies. However, without safe anesthesia, even the most highly prioritized procedures may not have the intended impact if anesthesia outcomes are poor [
4‐
6]. …
