Surgical skills needed for humanitarian missions in resource-limited settings: Common operative procedures performed at Médecins Sans Frontières facilities

Surgery (United States)

Volumn 156, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 642-649

  Wong, Evan G ^a,b,c   Trelles, Miguel ^d   Dominguez, Lynette ^d   Gupta, Shailvi ^b,c,e   Burnham, Gilbert ^b   Kushner, Adam L ^b,c,f  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Surgeons OverSeas SOS   (United States)

^d MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILD; CIRCUMCISION; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MINOR SURGERY; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VOLUNTARY WORKER; ALTRUISM; AMBULATORY SURGERY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISASTER MEDICINE; EMERGENCY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; ORGANIZATION; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGERY; VOLUNTEER;

ALTRUISM; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISASTER MEDICINE; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL MISSIONS, OFFICIAL; ORGANIZATIONS; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; VOLUNTEERS;

EID: 84907598484     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: 15327361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2014.02.002     Document Type: Article

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