• Elective surgery system strengthening: development, measurement, and validation of the surgical preparedness index across 1632 hospitals in 119 countries 

      Glasbey, James C; Abbott, Tom EF; Ademuyiwa, Adesoji; Adisa, Adewale; Alameer, Ehab; Alshryda, Sattar; Augestad, Knut Magne; Søreide, Kjetil; Singh, Banipal Gurpreet; Arnaud, Alexis P; Bankhead-Kendall, B.; Abou Chaar, MK; Chaudhry, Daoud; Costas-Chavarri, Ainhoa; Cunha, MF; Davies, Justine I; Desai, A.; Elhadi, Muhammed; Fiore, Marco; Fitzgerald, J. Edward; Fourtounas, M.; Fowler, Alex James; Futaba, Kay; Gallo, Gaetano; Ghosh, Dhruva; Gujjuri, RR; Hamilton, Rebecca; Haque, Parvez; Harrison, Ewen M.; Hutchinson, Peter; Hyman, Gabriella; Isik, Arda; Jayarajah, Umesh; Kaafarani, Haytham MA; Kadir, Bryar; Lawani, Ismail; Lederhuber, Hans; Li, Elizabeth; Löffler, Markus W; Lorena, Maria Aguilera; Mann, Harvinder; Martin, Janet; Mazingi, Dennis; McClain, Craig D.; McLean, Kenneth A; Meara, John G.; Ramos-De la Medina, Antonio; Mengesha, Mengistu; Minaya, Ana; Modolo, Maria Marta; Moore, Rachel (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Background The 2015 Lancet Commission on global surgery identified surgery and anaesthesia as indispensable parts of holistic health-care systems. However, COVID-19 exposed the fragility of planned surgical services around ...
    • Global economic burden of unmet surgical need for appendicitis 

      Reuter, Anna; Rogge, Lisa; Monahan, Mark; Kachapila, Mwayi; Morton, Dion G; Davies, Justine I; Søreide, Kjetil; Augestad, Knut Magne; Vollmer, Sebastian; Essam, AA; Elkhalek Sallam, Abd; Elrahman Elshafay, Abd; El-Rahman Hegazy Khedr, Abd; Gamal Saad, Abdalla; Gharib, Abdalla; Kenibar, Abdalla; Salah Elsherbiny, Abdalla; Adel, Abdalrahman; Abdelaal, Abdelaziz; Osman Abdelaziz Elhendawy, Abdelaziz; Hussein, Abdelfatah; Belkouchi, Abdelkader; Hrora, Abdelmalek; Adelshone, Abdelrahman; Alkammash, Abdelrahman; Abdelrahman, Assal; Geuoshy, Abdelrahman; Haroun, Abdelrahman; Mohammed, Abdelrahman; Sayed, Abdelrahman; Soliman, Abdelrahman; Essam Elnemr, Abdelrahman; Darwish, Abdelrhman KZ; Osama Elsebaaye, Abdelrahman; Khalique, Abdul; Rehman Alvi, Abdul; Wahid Anwar, Abdul; Altwijri, Abdulaziz; Al-Mallah, Abdullah; Almoflihi, Abdullah; Altamimi, Abdullah; Daqeeq, Abdullah; Dwydar, Abdullah; Gouda, Abdullah; Hashim, Abdullah; Altaf, Abdulmalik; Huwait, Abdulmalik; Abdel-Aty, Abdulrahman; Altwigry, Abdulrahman M.; Sheshe, Abdulrahman; Nasir, Abdulrasheed A (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Background There is a substantial gap in provision of adequate surgical care in many low- and middle-income countries. This study aimed to identify the economic burden of unmet surgical need for the common condition of ...
    • Global surgery, obstetric, and anaesthesia indicator definitions and reporting: An Utstein consensus report 

      Davies, Justine I; Gelb, Adrian W.; Gore-Booth, Julian; Martin, Janet; Mellin-Olsen, Jannicke; Åkerman, Christina; Ameh, Emmanuel A.; Biccard, Bruce M.; Braut, Geir Sverre; Chu, Kathryn M.; Derbew, Miliard; Ersdal, Hege Langli; Guzman, Jose Miguel; Hagander, Lars; Haylock-Loor, Carolina; Holmer, Hampus; Johnson, Walter; Juran, Sabrina; Kassebaum, Nicolas J.; Lærdal, Tore; Leather, Andrew J.M.; Lipnick, Michael S.; Ljungman, David; Makasa, Emmanuel Malabo Mwenda; Meara, John G.; Newton, Mark W.; Østergaard, Doris; Reynolds, Teri; Romanzi, Lauri J.; Santhirapala, Vatshalan; Shrime, Mark G.; Søreide, Kjetil; Steinholt, Margit; Suzuki, Emi; Varallo, John E.; Visser, Gerard H.A.; Watters, David; Weiser, Thomas G. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Background Indicators to evaluate progress towards timely access to safe surgical, anaesthesia, and obstetric (SAO) care were proposed in 2015 by the Lancet Commission on Global Surgery. These aimed to capture access to ...