ADOLESCENT;
ADULT;
AGE;
AGED;
DEVELOPING COUNTRY;
ELECTIVE SURGERY;
EMERGENCY;
FEMALE;
HEALTH CARE DELIVERY;
HEALTH SERVICE;
HUMAN;
MALE;
MIDDLE AGED;
MORTALITY;
POPULATION DYNAMICS;
RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;
STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;
SURGERY;
VERY ELDERLY;
YOUNG ADULT;
ADOLESCENT;
ADULT;
AGE FACTORS;
AGED;
AGED, 80 AND OVER;
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES;
ELECTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES;
EMERGENCIES;
FEMALE;
HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY;
HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND;
HEALTH TRANSITION;
HUMANS;
MALE;
MIDDLE AGED;
RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;
SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;
YOUNG ADULT;
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Surgical care during humanitarian crises: A systematic review of published surgical caseload data from foreign medical teams
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Addressing the Millennium Development Goals from a surgical perspective: Essential surgery and anesthesia in 8 low- and middle-income countries
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Prevalence of surgical conditions in individuals aged more than 50 years: A cluster-based household survey in Sierra Leone
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