Published in Bull World Health Organ on June 01, 2011
Gross hematuria and urinary retention among men from a nationally representative survey in Sierra Leone. Urology (2014) 1.99
Perioperative Care and the Importance of Continuous Quality Improvement--A Controlled Intervention Study in Three Tanzanian Hospitals. PLoS One (2015) 1.39
Guidelines for surgeons on establishing projects in low-income countries. World J Surg (2013) 1.07
A tool and index to assess surgical capacity in low income countries: an initial implementation in Sierra Leone. World J Surg (2012) 1.05
Risk factors for infection after 46,113 intramedullary nail operations in low- and middle-income countries. World J Surg (2013) 0.95
Surgical needs of Nepal: pilot study of population based survey in Pokhara, Nepal. World J Surg (2014) 0.94
Inter-rater reliability of the PIPES tool: validation of a surgical capacity index for use in resource-limited settings. World J Surg (2014) 0.81
Ethics in global surgery. World J Surg (2014) 0.80
Surgery as a Global health issue. Surg Neurol Int (2013) 0.79
Editorial policy on co-authorship of articles from low- and middle-income countries. World J Surg (2011) 0.78
The burden of musculoskeletal disease in Sierra Leone. Clin Orthop Relat Res (2014) 0.78
Laparoscopic surgery in middle- and low-income countries: gasless lift laparoscopic surgery. Surg Endosc (2015) 0.77
Assessment of pediatric surgery capacity at government hospitals in Sierra Leone. World J Surg (2012) 0.77
Medical missions-overrated or undervalued? A single program experience. Perm J (2014) 0.75
Beyond a Moral Obligation: A Legal Framework for Emergency and Essential Surgical Care and Anesthesia. World J Surg (2017) 0.75
Surgical Human Resources According to Types of Health Care Facility: An Assessment in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. World J Surg (2017) 0.75
Systematic Review of Surgical Literature from Resource-Limited Countries: Developing Strategies for Success. World J Surg (2015) 0.75
Maternal mortality for 181 countries, 1980-2008: a systematic analysis of progress towards Millennium Development Goal 5. Lancet (2010) 33.69
An estimation of the global volume of surgery: a modelling strategy based on available data. Lancet (2008) 14.07
Surgery and global health: a view from beyond the OR. World J Surg (2008) 4.41
Addressing the Millennium Development Goals from a surgical perspective: essential surgery and anesthesia in 8 low- and middle-income countries. Arch Surg (2010) 3.45
A cost effective small hospital in Bangladesh: what it can mean for emergency obstetric care. Int J Gynaecol Obstet (2003) 2.90
Cost/DALY averted in a small hospital in Sierra Leone: what is the relative contribution of different services? World J Surg (2006) 2.75
Burden of surgical disease: strategies to manage an existing public health emergency. Prehosp Disaster Med (2009) 1.28
Untreated surgical conditions in Sierra Leone: a cluster randomised, cross-sectional, countrywide survey. Lancet (2012) 2.78
Quantifying surgical capacity in Sierra Leone: a guide for improving surgical care. Arch Surg (2009) 2.49
Percentage of cesarean sections among total surgical procedures in sub-Saharan Africa: possible indicator of the overall adequacy of surgical care. World J Surg (2010) 2.20
Operative procedures in the elderly in low-resource settings: a review of Médecins Sans Frontières facilities. World J Surg (2015) 2.01
Traumatic injuries in developing countries: report from a nationwide cross-sectional survey of Sierra Leone. JAMA Surg (2013) 1.76
Prevalence of breast masses and barriers to care: results from a population-based survey in Rwanda and Sierra Leone. J Surg Oncol (2014) 1.66
Social media in low-resource settings: a role for Twitter and Facebook in global surgery? Surgery (2012) 1.60
Implementing Liberia's poverty reduction strategy: An assessment of emergency and essential surgical care. Arch Surg (2011) 1.58
Moving from data collection to application: a systematic literature review of surgical capacity assessments and their applications. World J Surg (2015) 1.57
The benefits of international rotations to resource-limited settings for U.S. surgery residents. Surgery (2012) 1.46
Secondary crisis in African health care. Lancet (2004) 1.31
Physician participation in human rights abuses in southern Iraq. JAMA (2004) 1.23
Pilot testing of a population-based surgical survey tool in Sierra Leone. World J Surg (2012) 1.15
Interval from loop electrosurgical excision procedure to pregnancy and pregnancy outcomes. Obstet Gynecol (2014) 1.14
Female health and family planning in Sierra Leone. Obstet Gynecol (2013) 1.08
Prevalence of surgical conditions in individuals aged more than 50 years: a cluster-based household survey in Sierra Leone. World J Surg (2015) 1.05
A tool and index to assess surgical capacity in low income countries: an initial implementation in Sierra Leone. World J Surg (2012) 1.05
Global surgery: thoughts on an emerging surgical subspecialty for students and residents. J Surg Educ (2010) 1.04
Estimating operative disease prevalence in a low-income country: results of a nationwide population survey in Rwanda. Surgery (2012) 0.99
Ratio of cesarean deliveries to total operations and surgeon nationality are potential proxies for surgical capacity in central Haiti. World J Surg (2013) 0.97
Topics in global public health. Clin Orthop Relat Res (2008) 0.96
A survey of surgical capacity in rural southern Nigeria: opportunities for change. World J Surg (2012) 0.95
A review of training opportunities for ultrasonography in low and middle income countries. Trop Med Int Health (2012) 0.95
Review: indications for ultrasound use in low- and middle-income countries. Trop Med Int Health (2011) 0.94
Surgical needs of Nepal: pilot study of population based survey in Pokhara, Nepal. World J Surg (2014) 0.94
A quantitative analysis of surgical capacity in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. J Surg Res (2013) 0.91
Cancer surgery in low-income countries: an unmet need. Arch Surg (2012) 0.90
Comparison of surgical care deficiencies between US civil war hospitals and present-day hospitals in Sierra Leone. World J Surg (2010) 0.88
Injury, disability and access to care in Rwanda: results of a nationwide cross-sectional population study. World J Surg (2015) 0.87
Nationally representative household survey of surgery and mortality in Sierra Leone. World J Surg (2013) 0.87
Household survey in Sierra Leone reveals high prevalence of surgical conditions in children. World J Surg (2013) 0.86
Improving access to surgery in a developing country: experience from a surgical collaboration in Sierra Leone. J Surg Educ (2010) 0.86
Waiting for global access to urologic care. Eur Urol (2013) 0.85
Twitter and mobile technology as diagnostic aids in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Am Surg (2011) 0.84
Universal precautions and surgery in Sierra Leone: the unprotected workforce. World J Surg (2009) 0.84
Teaching emergency and essential surgical care in Sierra Leone: a model for low income countries. J Surg Educ (2011) 0.83
Scarcity of healthcare worker protection in eight low- and middle-income countries: surgery and the risk of HIV and other bloodborne pathogens. Trop Med Int Health (2011) 0.83
Free health care for under 5 year olds increases access to surgical care in Sierra Leone: an analysis of case load and patient characteristics. World J Surg (2013) 0.82
Inter-rater reliability of the PIPES tool: validation of a surgical capacity index for use in resource-limited settings. World J Surg (2014) 0.81
An overview of renal replacement therapy and health care personnel deficiencies in sub-Saharan Africa. Transpl Int (2012) 0.81
A pilot survey of pediatric surgical capacity in West Africa. World J Surg (2015) 0.81
Individual and community perceptions of surgical care in Sierra Leone. Trop Med Int Health (2013) 0.79
Editorial policy on co-authorship of articles from low- and middle-income countries. World J Surg (2011) 0.78
Assessment of Barriers to Essential Surgical Care in Two Communities in the Upper West Region, Ghana. J Health Care Poor Underserved (2017) 0.78
The burden of musculoskeletal disease in Sierra Leone. Clin Orthop Relat Res (2014) 0.78
A preparation guide for surgical resident and student rotations to underserved regions. Surgery (2012) 0.78
Free health care in Sierra Leone: the effect on pediatric surgery. J Pediatr Surg (2012) 0.78
Unmet surgical needs in children: a household survey in Nepal. Pediatr Surg Int (2015) 0.78
Assessment of pediatric surgery capacity at government hospitals in Sierra Leone. World J Surg (2012) 0.77
Medicine and surgery: the yin and yang of health systems. Lancet (2012) 0.77
Scarcity of protective items against HIV and other bloodborne infections in 13 low- and middle-income countries. Trop Med Int Health (2014) 0.77
A President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief for surgery: a call to action for surgical care in low- and middle-income countries. Arch Surg (2011) 0.76
Surgical Burn Care by Médecins Sans Frontières-Operations Center Brussels: 2008 to 2014. J Burn Care Res (2015) 0.76
A next step for assessing the global burden of surgical disease. Surgery (2011) 0.75
Operative Procedures in the Elderly in Low-Resource Settings: A Review of Médecins Sans Frontières Facilities: Reply. World J Surg (2015) 0.75
Some thoughts on global surgery: reply. World J Surg (2013) 0.75
The unmet surgical disease burden in the developing world. Lancet (2012) 0.75
The spatial distribution of injuries in need of surgical intervention in Nepal. Geospat Health (2016) 0.75
Non-communicable diseases and surgery at the UN? "Fugetaboutit!". Lancet (2011) 0.75
Sex Differences in Civilian Injury in Baghdad From 2003 to 2014: Results of a Randomized Household Cluster Survey. Ann Surg (2017) 0.75
Self-expanding metal stents (SEMS) for patients with advanced esophageal cancer in Malawi: an effective palliative treatment. J Surg Oncol (2011) 0.75
Non-communicable diseases: beyond prevention and screening. Lancet (2011) 0.75
Systematic Review of Surgical Literature from Resource-Limited Countries: Developing Strategies for Success. World J Surg (2015) 0.75