Highlights
- •Mackenzie N. Abraham et al. highlight that Global Surgery is a misunderstood term in their university, and perhaps elsewhere.
- •We, global surgeons from India, present our views in this letter.
- •Global Surgery is a multidisciplinary interface and deals with high-volumes of essential surgeries across multiple broad specialities.
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References
- What is global surgery? Identifying misconceptions among health professionals.Am J Surg. 2020; 220: 271-273https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjsurg.2019.11.021
- Global Surgery 2030: evidence and solutions for achieving health, welfare, and economic development.Lancet. 2015; 386: 569-624https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(15)60160-X
- Essential surgery: key messages from disease control priorities.Lancet. 2015; 385 (third ed.): 2209-2219https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(15)60091-5
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Publication history
Published online: December 26, 2019
Accepted:
December 15,
2019
Received:
December 6,
2019
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