Background Burns are among the most devastating of all injuries and a major global public
health crisis, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. In developed countries, aggressive …

The onset of the novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak in Wuhan, China,
suggests animal-to-person spread and later person-to-person spread. The complete clinical …

Objective: The objective of our review is to assess burn management capacity in LMICs.
Evidence review: A PubMed literature review was performed based on studies assessing …

Importance Abdominal wall hernia is one of the most common conditions encountered by
general surgeons. Rising rates of abdominal wall hernia repair have been described; …

OBJECT Disparities in access to inpatient rehabilitation services after traumatic brain injury
(TBI) have been identified, but less well described is the likelihood of discharge to a higher …

Purpose: Taxol has emerged as a valuable antimitotic chemotherapeutic agent, particularly
in advanced breast and ovarian cancers. Although much is known about cytotoxic …

Background Women in low and middle-income countries (LMICs) do not have equal access
to resources, such as education, employment, or healthcare compared to men. We sought to …

Background Injury surveillance is an ongoing process required for primary, secondary, and
tertiary injury prevention. In Malawi, hospital-based injury data are not available. Methods …

Background Improvement in mortality has been shown for esophagectomies performed at
high-volume centers. Objective This study aimed to determine if centralization of esophageal …

Sigmoid volvulus is a common condition throughout much of the world. To this date, there
are no adequately controlled clinical trials examining the role of anatomy in sigmoid …