Author's Reply: Indications and Outcomes for Non-Trauma Emergency Laparotomy: A Comparison of Rwanda, South Africa, and the USA

Jennifer Rickard^{1

2}, Kathryn Chu^{3

4

5}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, University Teaching Hospital of Kigali, Kigali, Rwanda. gehr0059@umn.edu.
² Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, 420 Delaware St SE, MMC 195, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA. gehr0059@umn.edu.
³ Department of Surgery, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
⁴ Department of Surgery, New Somerset Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa.
⁵ Centre for Global Surgery, Department of Global Health, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa.

Comment

Jennifer Rickard et al. World J Surg. 2021 May.

. 2021 May;45(5):1609-1610.

doi: 10.1007/s00268-021-05955-2. Epub 2021 Jan 27.

Jennifer Rickard^{1

2}, Kathryn Chu^{3

4

5}

¹ Department of Surgery, University Teaching Hospital of Kigali, Kigali, Rwanda. gehr0059@umn.edu.
² Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, 420 Delaware St SE, MMC 195, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA. gehr0059@umn.edu.
³ Department of Surgery, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
⁴ Department of Surgery, New Somerset Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa.
⁵ Centre for Global Surgery, Department of Global Health, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa.

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Indications and Outcomes for Non-Trauma Emergency Laparotomy: A Comparison of Rwanda, South Africa, and the USA.
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