Surgical Care of Pediatric Patients in the Humanitarian Setting: The Médecins Sans Frontières Experience, 2012-2013
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JAMA SurgeryAbstract
Little is known about the scope of practice and outcomes in pediatric surgery performed by humanitarian organizations in resource-poor settings and conflict zones. This study provides the largest report to date detailing such data for a major nongovernmental organization providing humanitarian surgical relief support in these settings.Publisher
American Medical AssociationPubMed ID
26267351Language
enISSN
2168-6262ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1001/jamasurg.2015.1928
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