Congenital Anomalies in Low‐ and Middle‐Income Countries: The Unborn Child of Global Surgery
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- Nicole A. Sitkin
- Department of Surgery University of California, Davis Sacramento CA USA
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- Doruk Ozgediz
- Department of Surgery Yale University School of Medicine New Haven CT USA
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- Peter Donkor
- Department of Surgery School of Medical Sciences, College of Health Sciences Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Kumasi Ghana
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- Diana L. Farmer
- Department of Surgery University of California, Davis Sacramento CA USA
書誌事項
- 公開日
- 2014-08-19
- 権利情報
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- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- DOI
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- 10.1007/s00268-014-2714-9
- 公開者
- Wiley
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説明
<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>Surgically correctable congenital anomalies cause a substantial burden of global morbidity and mortality. These anomalies disproportionately affect children in low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMICs) due to sociocultural, economic, and structural factors that limit the accessibility and quality of pediatric surgery. While data from LMICs are sparse, available evidence suggests that the true human and financial cost of congenital anomalies is grossly underestimated and that pediatric surgery is a cost‐effective intervention with the potential to avert significant premature mortality and lifelong disability.</jats:p>
収録刊行物
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- World Journal of Surgery
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World Journal of Surgery 39 (1), 36-40, 2014-08-19
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