A snapshot of surgical outcomes and needs in Africa

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¹ Department of Surgery and Centre for Global Heath Research, University of Toronto, ON, M5B 1T8, Canada. Electronic address: anna.dare@mail.utoronto.ca.
² Anesthesiology Department, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria.
³ Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Zambia, Zambia; Department of Surgery, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.

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Anna J Dare et al. Lancet. 2018.

. 2018 Apr 21;391(10130):1553-1554.

doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)30002-3. Epub 2018 Jan 3.

¹ Department of Surgery and Centre for Global Heath Research, University of Toronto, ON, M5B 1T8, Canada. Electronic address: anna.dare@mail.utoronto.ca.
² Anesthesiology Department, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria.
³ Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Zambia, Zambia; Department of Surgery, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.

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Perioperative patient outcomes in the African Surgical Outcomes Study: a 7-day prospective observational cohort study.
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