Global surgical outcomes

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Keywords:

surgery, health equity, safe surgery, standards, low resource environments

Abstract

In this refresher course I will consider five points: i) the role of surgery in health equity, ii) the standards required to deliver safe surgery, iii) the current state of surgical delivery, iv) the resultant surgical outcomes in low-resource environments, and v) what we need to do to improve surgical outcomes in low-resource environments.

Author Biography

BM Biccard, University of Cape Town

Department of Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, Groote Schuur Hospital, University of Cape Town, South Africa

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Published

2021-11-15

Issue

Vol. 27 No. 6 (2021)

Section

FCA Refresher Course

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