2021
Access to pediatric surgery delivered by general surgeons and anesthesia providers in Uganda: Results from 2 rural regional hospitals
Grabski DF, Ajiko M, Kayima P, Ruzgar N, Nyeko D, Fitzgerald TN, Langer M, Cheung M, Cigliano B, D'Agostino S, Baird R, Duffy D, Tumukunde J, Nabukenya M, Ogwang M, Kisa P, Sekabira J, Kakembo N, Ozgediz D. Access to pediatric surgery delivered by general surgeons and anesthesia providers in Uganda: Results from 2 rural regional hospitals. Surgery 2021, 170: 1397-1404. PMID: 34130809, DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2021.05.007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPediatric surgical capacityRural regional hospitalGeneral surgeonsSurgical capacitySurgery admissionsMiddle-income countriesSurgical guidelinesRegional hospitalPediatric surgeryAnesthesia providersRegional Referral HospitalProspective clinical databasePediatric surgical servicesPediatric surgical careGeneral surgery casesMajority of casesHospital mortalityPrimary outcomeReferral hospitalSurgical infectionsClinical outcomesSurgery casesHernia repairSurgical careSurgical procedures
2020
Implementation of a contextually appropriate pediatric emergency surgical care course in Uganda
Ullrich S, Kisa P, Ruzgar N, Okello I, Oyania F, Kayima P, Kakembo N, Sekabira J, Situma M, Ozgediz D. Implementation of a contextually appropriate pediatric emergency surgical care course in Uganda. Journal Of Pediatric Surgery 2020, 56: 811-815. PMID: 33183745, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2020.10.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSurgical emergencyCare courseHernia/hydrocele repairPediatric surgical carePediatric surgical workforceNonspecialist cliniciansFurther implementation studiesHydrocele repairPerioperative managementMiddle-income countriesNeonatal emergenciesProvider knowledgeIntestinal emergenciesSurgical carePediatric surgeonsCleft lipMultiple cadresThird courseMost childrenRural providersSurgical workforceEquipment shortagesImplementation studyCurrent literatureFirst description