Outcomes of 1,327 patients operated on through twelve multispecialty surgical volunteerism missions: A retrospective cohort study

Surgical volunteer missions (SVMs) have become a popular approach for reducing the burden of surgical disease worldwide. The aim of this study was to evaluate the outcomes of 12 surgical missions between 2006 and 2018 from the mission entitled “Operation Giving Back Bohol” Tagbilaran, Philippines and discuss the lessons learned during these missions in particular seven challenges that every volunteer surgeon should be familiar with.

Source: International Journal of Surgery - October 22, 2018 Category: Surgery Authors: Rifat Latifi, Renato Rivera, Mahir Gachabayov, Maria Melinda Borja Chiong, R. Dirk Noyes, Michael Kleinmann, Fancy S. Baluyot, Elizabeth Tilley, David Samson, Ayman El-Menyar Source Type: research