Surgery has the potential to address one of the largest, neglected burdens of disease in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), especially in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The Lancet Commission on Global Surgery (LCoGS) has provided a blueprint for a systems approach to making safe emergency and elective surgery accessible and affordable and has started to enable African governments to develop n...

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the last decade has ushered in a rapidly expanding global discussion regarding acellular dermal matrix (adm) applications, economic analyses, technical considerations, benefits, and risks, with recent emphasis on adm use in breast surgery. this study aims to evaluate global trends in adm research using bibliometric analysis. the top nine plastic surgery journals were determined by impact factor...

The last decade has ushered in a rapidly expanding global discussion regarding acellular dermal matrix (ADM) applications, economic analyses, technical considerations, benefits, and risks, with recent emphasis on ADM use in breast surgery. This study aims to evaluate global trends in ADM research using bibliometric analysis. The top nine Plastic Surgery journals were determined by impact factor...

Erectile dysfunction is a known complication that might occur following radical prostatectomy. Robot assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (RALRP) is increasingly being performed in many centers. We reviewed preservation of APAs during performing RALRP. A review of the English literature was performed using PubMed/MedLine concerning preservation of Accessory Pudendal Arteries (APAs) durin...

APRIL 2009 I RETINA TODAY I 33 P olypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV) is a disease entity initially described by Yannuzzi et al1 in 1990. The prevalence of PCV among patients with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is estimated to be 30% to 50% in Asian people. PCV consists of an abnormal vascular network with polypoidal lesions at its termini under the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE). C...

BACKGROUND Interest in global health and international mission trips among medical student and resident trainees is growing rapidly. How these electives and international mission experiences affect future practice is still being elucidated. No study has identified if participation in international surgical missions during residency is a predictor of participation in international surgical missi...

OBJECTIVE Fundamental skills testing is now required for certification in general surgery. No model for assessing fundamental endovascular skills exists. Our objective was to develop a model that tests the fundamental endovascular skills and differentiates competent from noncompetent performance. METHODS The Fundamentals of Endovascular Surgery model was developed in silicon and virtual-reali...