Published in World J Surg on January 01, 2015
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Catastrophic expenditure to pay for surgery worldwide: a modelling study. Lancet Glob Health (2015) 1.31
A systematic review of social, economic and diplomatic aspects of short-term medical missions. BMC Health Serv Res (2015) 0.94
Determinants of morbidity and mortality following emergency abdominal surgery in children in low-income and middle-income countries. BMJ Glob Health (2016) 0.87
Quantifying the Disability from Congenital Anomalies Averted Through Pediatric Surgery: A Cross-Sectional Comparison of a Pediatric Surgical Unit in Kenya and Canada. World J Surg (2015) 0.84
A Banner Year for Global Surgery: Now How to Make it Make a Difference on the Ground. World J Surg (2015) 0.83
Economic Analysis of Children's Surgical Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review and Analysis. PLoS One (2016) 0.83
Economic Valuation of the Global Burden of Cleft Disease Averted by a Large Cleft Charity. World J Surg (2016) 0.78
Surgical Non-governmental Organizations: Global Surgery's Unknown Nonprofit Sector. World J Surg (2016) 0.78
Funding allocation to surgery in low and middle-income countries: a retrospective analysis of contributions from the USA. BMJ Open (2015) 0.76
Sustainable Development in Surgery: The Health, Poverty, and Equity Impacts of Charitable Surgery in Uganda. PLoS One (2016) 0.75
Economic assessment of US physician participation in short-term medical missions. Global Health (2016) 0.75
Cost-effectiveness of short-term neurosurgical missions relative to other surgical specialties. Surg Neurol Int (2017) 0.75
The Role of Plastic Surgeons in Advancing Development Global. World J Plast Surg (2016) 0.75
Demographic profile of physician participants in short-term medical missions. BMC Health Serv Res (2016) 0.75
Measuring Functional and Patient-Reported Outcomes After Treatment of Mutilating Hand Injuries: A Global Health Approach. Hand Clin (2016) 0.75
Financial contributions to global surgery: an analysis of 160 international charitable organizations. Springerplus (2016) 0.75
Enhancing Neurosurgical Education in Low- and Middle-income Countries: Current Methods and New Advances. Neurol Med Chir (Tokyo) (2016) 0.75
A model for delivering subspecialty pediatric surgical care in low- and middle-income countries: one organization's early experience. Springerplus (2015) 0.75
Surgical Outreach for Children by International Humanitarian Organizations: A Review. Children (Basel) (2017) 0.75
Preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses: the PRISMA statement. Ann Intern Med (2009) 35.37
Hospital volume and surgical mortality in the United States. N Engl J Med (2002) 25.79
Surgeon volume and operative mortality in the United States. N Engl J Med (2003) 16.97
Reduction of postoperative mortality and morbidity with epidural or spinal anaesthesia: results from overview of randomised trials. BMJ (2000) 7.36
Low uptake of eye services in rural India: a challenge for programs of blindness prevention. Arch Ophthalmol (1999) 3.47
Cost/DALY averted in a small hospital in Sierra Leone: what is the relative contribution of different services? World J Surg (2006) 2.75
Cost-effectiveness of public-funded options for cataract surgery in Mysore, India. Lancet (2000) 2.51
Creating long-term benefits in cleft lip and palate volunteer missions. Plast Reconstr Surg (2000) 2.26
The Madurai Intraocular Lens Study. III: Visual functioning and quality of life outcomes. Am J Ophthalmol (1998) 2.14
Humanitarian ventures or 'fistula tourism?': the ethical perils of pelvic surgery in the developing world. Int Urogynecol J Pelvic Floor Dysfunct (2006) 2.14
The role of humanitarian missions in modern surgical training. Plast Reconstr Surg (2010) 2.07
Epidemiology of blindness in Nepal. Bull World Health Organ (1985) 1.91
Operative mortality in resource-limited settings: the experience of Medecins Sans Frontieres in 13 countries. Arch Surg (2010) 1.89
The medical mission and modern cultural competency training. J Am Coll Surg (2010) 1.79
Access to emergency and surgical care in sub-Saharan Africa: the infrastructure gap. Health Policy Plan (2011) 1.73
Surgery in developing countries: essential training in residency. Arch Surg (2005) 1.71
Volunteer orthopedic surgical trips in Nicaragua: a cost-effectiveness evaluation. World J Surg (2012) 1.68
Outcomes of high volume cataract surgeries in a developing country. Br J Ophthalmol (2005) 1.64
The clinical and economic impact of a sustained program in global plastic surgery: valuing cleft care in resource-poor settings. Plast Reconstr Surg (2012) 1.63
Surgical missions to developing countries: Ethical conflicts. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg (2010) 1.63
Specialist surgery in the developing world: luxury or necessity? Anaesthesia (2007) 1.52
Surgical training and global health: initial results of a 5-year partnership with a surgical training program in a low-income country. Arch Surg (2008) 1.48
Facial reconstruction in the developing world: a complicated matter. Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg (2010) 1.48
Cleft lip and palate as a cost-effective health care treatment in the developing world. World J Surg (2010) 1.47
Continuing promise 2009--assessment of a recent pediatric surgical humanitarian mission. J Pediatr Surg (2012) 1.47
The benefits of international rotations to resource-limited settings for U.S. surgery residents. Surgery (2012) 1.46
An economic appraisal of a mobile cervical cytology screening service. S Afr Med J (1996) 1.45
Treatment of congenital anomalies in a missionary hospital in Bangladesh: results of 17 paediatric surgical missions. Acta Biomed (2008) 1.44
Challenges of surgery in developing countries: a survey of surgical and anesthesia capacity in Uganda's public hospitals. World J Surg (2012) 1.36
Liberian surgical and anesthesia infrastructure: a survey of county hospitals. World J Surg (2013) 1.36
Cleft lip and palate surgery in Kumasi, Ghana: 2001-2005. J Craniofac Surg (2007) 1.32
Obstetric fistula in 14,928 Ethiopian women. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand (2010) 1.32
Surgical care during humanitarian crises: a systematic review of published surgical caseload data from foreign medical teams. Prehosp Disaster Med (2012) 1.25
The University of California at San Francisco international orthopaedic elective. Clin Orthop Relat Res (2002) 1.24
Global cost-effectiveness of cataract surgery. Ophthalmology (2007) 1.20
International surgery: the development of postgraduate surgical training in Guyana. Can J Surg (2010) 1.18
The provision of surgical care by international organizations in developing countries: a preliminary report. World J Surg (2010) 1.17
International Task Force on Volunteer Cleft Missions. J Craniofac Surg (2002) 1.15
Evaluation of visual outcome of cataract surgery in an Indian eye camp. Br J Ophthalmol (1999) 1.14
Massive eye relief project in India. Am J Ophthalmol (1975) 1.13
Ethical issues of medical missions: the clinicians' view. HEC Forum (2011) 1.12
Low infection rates after 34,361 intramedullary nail operations in 55 low- and middle-income countries: validation of the Surgical Implant Generation Network (SIGN) online surgical database. Acta Orthop (2011) 1.10
Factors influencing urinary fistula repair outcomes in developing countries: a systematic review. Am J Obstet Gynecol (2012) 1.06
A rural cleft project in Uganda. Br J Plast Surg (2000) 1.06
Comparing the cost-effectiveness of short orthopedic missions in elective and relief situations in developing countries. World J Surg (2011) 1.06
Is international volunteer surgery for cleft lip and cleft palate a cost-effective and justifiable intervention? A case study from East Asia. World J Surg (2012) 1.02
"Blitz surgery": redefining surgical needs, training, and practice in sub-Saharan Africa. World J Surg (2010) 0.98
Medical missions, surgical education, and capacity building. J Am Coll Surg (2011) 0.97
Risk factors for infection after 46,113 intramedullary nail operations in low- and middle-income countries. World J Surg (2013) 0.95
Teleophthalmology-based rural eye care in India. Telemed J E Health (2007) 0.94
Survey of surgery and anesthesia infrastructure in Ethiopia. World J Surg (2012) 0.94
Comparison of fistula rates after palatoplasty for international and local surgeons on surgical missions in Ecuador with rates at a craniofacial center in the United States. Plast Reconstr Surg (2012) 0.93
High volume sutureless intraocular lens surgery in a rural eye camp in india. Ophthalmic Surg Lasers (2001) 0.93
High-volume intraocular lens surgery in a rural eye camp in India. Ophthalmic Surg Lasers (1996) 0.93
Establishing a children's orthopaedic hospital for Malawi: an assessment after 5 years. Malawi Med J (2010) 0.92
Survey of residents who have participated in humanitarian medical missions. J Oral Maxillofac Surg (2012) 0.91
Volunteers in plastic surgery guidelines for providing surgical care for children in the less developed world: part II. Ethical considerations. Plast Reconstr Surg (2011) 0.90
Humanitarian otologic missions: long-term surgical results. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg (2009) 0.90
A 7-year review of the safety of tonsillectomy during short-term medical mission trips. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg (2012) 0.90
Surgical residency training and international volunteerism: a national survey of residents from 2 surgical specialties. Can J Surg (2012) 0.89
Intraocular lens implantation in rural India. Ophthalmic Surg (1993) 0.87
A successful model for laparoscopic training in Mongolia. Int Surg (2013) 0.87
Evolution of a sustainable surgical delivery model. J Craniofac Surg (2010) 0.87
Do hernia operations in african international cooperation programmes provide good quality? World J Surg (2012) 0.86
Management of an "Ear Camp" for children in Namibia. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol (2005) 0.85
Quality of laparoscopic radical hysterectomy in developing countries: a comparison of surgical and oncologic outcomes between a comprehensive cancer center in the United States and a cancer center in Colombia. Gynecol Oncol (2012) 0.85
Obstacles to surgical services in a rural Cameroonian district hospital. World J Surg (2013) 0.85
The global impact of surgical volunteerism. Surg Clin North Am (2007) 0.85
Monitoring cataract surgical outcome in a Nigerian mission hospital. Int Ophthalmol (2007) 0.83
Development of an international elective in a general surgery residency. J Surg Educ (2009) 0.83
Surgical outcomes auditing systems in humanitarian organizations. World J Surg (2010) 0.83
FIGO initiative for the prevention and treatment of vaginal fistula. Int J Gynaecol Obstet (2004) 0.83
Obstetric fistulae: a retrospective study of 1210 cases at the Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital. J Obstet Gynaecol (1997) 0.83
Outcome of mobile ear surgery for chronic otitis media in remote areas. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg (2008) 0.83
Ethical concerns regarding operations by volunteer surgeons on vulnerable patient groups: the case of women with obstetric fistulas. HEC Forum (2011) 0.83
International public health in third world country medical missions: when small legs walk, we all stand a little taller. J Am Podiatr Med Assoc (2009) 0.83
Effectiveness of international surgical program model to build local sustainability. Plast Surg Int (2012) 0.83
Three months follow up of IOL implantation in remote eye camps in Nepal. Int Ophthalmol (1998) 0.82
Fistula campaigns--are they of any benefit? Taiwan J Obstet Gynecol (2010) 0.82
Thyroid surgery in Burkina Faso, West Africa: experience from a surgical help program. World J Surg (2008) 0.82
Operation hernia: humanitarian hernia repairs in Ghana. Hernia (2007) 0.82
Surgical relief work in Haiti: a practical resident learning experience. J Surg Educ (2011) 0.81
Extending multidisciplinary management of cleft palate to the developing world. J Oral Maxillofac Surg (2010) 0.81
Short-term surgical missions: joining hands with local providers to ensure sustainability. S Afr J Surg (2012) 0.81
Success and failure for children born with facial clefts in Africa: a 15-year follow-up. World J Surg (2012) 0.81
Fragmented international volunteerism: need for a global pediatric surgery network. J Pediatr Surg (2010) 0.81
Intermittent and mobile surgical services: logistics and outcomes. World J Surg (2005) 0.80
Experience with corrective surgery for postburn contractures in Mumbai, India. J Burn Care Res (2012) 0.80
Thyroid surgery in the UK and on board the Mercy Ships. Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg (2011) 0.80
Providing an obstetric fistula service. BJU Int (2002) 0.79
The importance of international medical rotations in selection of an otolaryngology residency. J Grad Med Educ (2011) 0.79
Effects of a long-term volunteer surgical program in a developing country: the case in Vietnam from 1993 to 2003. Cleft Palate Craniofac J (2006) 0.79
Role of faith-based and nongovernment organizations in the provision of obstetric services in 3 African countries. Am J Obstet Gynecol (2012) 0.79
Humanitarian cardiac care in Arequipa, Peru: experiences of a multidisciplinary Canadian cardiovascular team. Can J Surg (2012) 0.78
Treatment of vaginal atresia at a missionary hospital in Bangladesh: results and followup of 20 cases. J Urol (2003) 0.77
Operation Open Heart in PNG, 1993-2006. Heart Lung Circ (2007) 0.77
The Kenya orthopaedic project: surgical outcomes of a travelling multidisciplinary team. J Bone Joint Surg Br (2012) 0.77
Early outcome of facial reconstructive surgery abroad: a comparative study. Eur J Plast Surg (2010) 0.77
Results of a humanitarian otologic and audiologic project performed outside of the United States: lessons learned from the "Oye, Amigos!" project. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg (2000) 0.77
[Surgical humanitarian missions. An experience over 18 years]. Chirurgie (1991) 0.76
Prevalence of cataract in an older population in India: the India study of age-related eye disease. Ophthalmology (2011) 1.19
Experience with a low-pressure colonic pouch (Mainz II) urinary diversion for irreparable vesicovaginal fistula and bladder extrophy in East Africa. Int Urogynecol J Pelvic Floor Dysfunct (2009) 1.08
Posterior vaginal wall prolapse does not correlate with fecal symptoms or objective measures of anorectal function. Am J Obstet Gynecol (2006) 1.05
Challenges of ophthalmic care in the developing world. JAMA Ophthalmol (2014) 1.02
Cluster randomized trial to compare spectacle delivery systems at outreach eye camps in South India. Ophthalmic Epidemiol (2013) 0.92
Prevalence and risk factors for vitamin C deficiency in north and south India: a two centre population based study in people aged 60 years and over. PLoS One (2011) 0.91
Inverse association of vitamin C with cataract in older people in India. Ophthalmology (2011) 0.88
Quality-of-life and visual function assessment after phacoemulsification in an urban indian population. J Cataract Refract Surg (2003) 0.81