Surgery can be safely performed in settings with limited resources
Monday, August 16, 2010 - 18:14
in Health & Medicine
The humanitarian organization Médecins Sans Frontières performed close to 20,000 procedures in resource-limited settings between 2001 and 2008 with an operative death rate of only 0.2 percent, suggesting surgical care can be provided safely in these circumstances with appropriate minimum standards and protocols, according to a new study.
