Establishing a contextually appropriate laparoscopic program in resource-restricted environments: Experience in Botswana

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 261, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 807-811

  Bedada, Alemayehu G ^a   Hsiao, Marvin ^b   Bakanisi, Balisi ^a,b   Motsumi, Mpapho ^a   Azzie, Georges ^b  

^a PRINCESS MARINA HOSPITAL   (Botswana)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cholecystectomy; Global health; Laparoscopic surgery; Low and middle income countries; Minimal access surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOTSWANA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL OUTCOME; COMMON BILE DUCT DISEASE; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PANCREATITIS; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRAM SUSTAINABILITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND DEHISCENCE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; EVALUATION STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POVERTY; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE; TEACHER;

ADULT; BOTSWANA; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; EDUCATION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MENTORS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POVERTY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84928757088     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000000691     Document Type: Article

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