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  1. Impact of Muscle Paralysis After Primary Esophageal Atresia Repair
  2. World Pediatric Surgery Day on 7th April: a global advocacy initiative by World Federation of Associations of Pediatric Surgeons (WOFAPS)
  3. Small bowel obstruction outcomes according to compliance with the World Society of Emergency Surgery Bologna guidelines
  4. The African Critical Illness Outcomes Study (ACIOS): a point prevalence study of critical illness in 22 nations in Africa
  5. The Digital Health Competencies in Medical Education Framework
  6. Provision of inguinal hernia surgery in first‐referral hospitals across low‐ and middle‐income countries: Secondary analysis of an international cohort study
  7. Common variants increase risk for congenital diaphragmatic hernia within the context of de novo variants
  8. Malignant transformation and tumour recurrence in sacrococcygeal teratoma: a global, retrospective cohort study
  9. Variation of elective healthcare in West Africa: secondary analysis of an inguinal hernia international cohort study
  10. Access to and quality of elective care: a prospective cohort study using hernia surgery as a tracer condition in 83 countries
  11. A prognostic model for use before elective surgery to estimate the risk of postoperative pulmonary complications (GSU-Pulmonary Score): a development and validation study in three international cohorts
  12. Global access to technologies to support safe and effective inguinal hernia surgery: prospective, international cohort study
  13. Development and external validation of the ‘Global Surgical-Site Infection’ (GloSSI) predictive model in adult patients undergoing gastrointestinal surgery
  14. Outcomes after surgery for children in Africa (ASOS-Paeds): a 14-day prospective observational cohort study
  15. Machine learning in action: Revolutionizing intracranial hematoma detection and patient transport decision-making
  16. Pancreatic surgery outcomes: multicentre prospective snapshot study in 67 countries
  17. Outcome of primary posterior tracheopexy in thoracoscopically repaired esophageal atresia neonates with tracheomalacia; single center's experience
  18. Exploring the cost-effectiveness of high versus low perioperative fraction of inspired oxygen in the prevention of surgical site infections among abdominal surgery patients in three low- and middle-income countries
  19. Reducing the environmental impact of surgery on a global scale: systematic review and co-prioritization with healthcare workers in 132 countries
  20. Comparative study of laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication versus Hill-Snow procedure for the treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease in children: a single-blinded randomized controlled trial
  21. Outcomes after Surgery for Children in Africa a Fourteen-Day Prospective Observational Cohort Study (ASOS-Paeds)
  22. Postoperative outcomes associated with surgical care for women in Africa: an international risk-adjusted analysis of prospective observational cohorts
  23. Comparative study between one-stage versus three-stage repair of anorectal malformation with recto-vestibular fistula
  24. Determining the Minimum Dataset for Surgical Patients in Africa: A Delphi Study
  25. Elective surgery system strengthening: development, measurement, and validation of the surgical preparedness index across 1632 hospitals in 119 countries
  26. Outcomes of gynecologic cancer surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic: an international, multicenter, prospective CovidSurg-Gynecologic Oncology Cancer study
  27. Twelve-month observational study of children with cancer in 41 countries during the COVID-19 pandemic
  28. Global economic burden of unmet surgical need for appendicitis
  29. Identification and validation of candidate risk genes in endocytic vesicular trafficking associated with esophageal atresia and tracheoesophageal fistulas
  30. Evaluation of prognostic risk models for postoperative pulmonary complications in adult patients undergoing major abdominal surgery: a systematic review and international external validation cohort study
  31. Use of Telemedicine for Postdischarge Assessment of the Surgical Wound
  32. Nurses’ Priorities for Perioperative Research in Africa
  33. Global multi-stakeholder endorsement of the MAFLD definition
  34. Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on patients with paediatric cancer in low-income, middle-income and high-income countries: a multicentre, international, observational cohort study
  35. Mortality and pulmonary complications in emergency general surgery patients with COVID-19: A large international multicenter study
  36. Impact of COVID-19 on vascular patients worldwide: analysis of the COVIDSurg data
  37. Death following pulmonary complications of surgery before and during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic
  38. Global wealth disparities drive adherence to COVID-safe pathways in head and neck cancer surgery
  39. Impact of Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccination on postoperative mortality in patients with perioperative SARS-CoV-2 infection
  40. Resilience of elective cancer surgery systems during COVID-19 lockdowns: an international, multicentre, prospective cohort study
  41. Understanding the performance of a pan-African intervention to reduce postoperative mortality: a mixed-methods process evaluation of the ASOS-2 trial
  42. Effect of COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns on planned cancer surgery for 15 tumour types in 61 countries: an international, prospective, cohort study
  43. Enhanced postoperative surveillance versus standard of care to reduce mortality among adult surgical patients in Africa (ASOS-2): a cluster-randomised controlled trial
  44. Rare and de novo variants in 827 congenital diaphragmatic hernia probands implicate LONP1 as candidate risk gene
  45. SARS‐CoV‐2 infection and venous thromboembolism after surgery: an international prospective cohort study
  46. Preliminary model assessing the cost-effectiveness of preoperative chlorhexidine mouthwash at reducing postoperative pneumonia among abdominal surgery patients in South Africa
  47. Effects of pre‐operative isolation on postoperative pulmonary complications after elective surgery: an international prospective cohort study
  48. Early outcomes and complications following cardiac surgery in patients testing positive for coronavirus disease 2019: An international cohort study
  49. Identification and validation of novel candidate risk genes in endocytic vesicular trafficking associated with esophageal atresia and tracheoesophageal fistulas
  50. Machine learning risk prediction of mortality for patients undergoing surgery with perioperative SARS-CoV-2: the COVIDSurg mortality score
  51. Mortality from gastrointestinal congenital anomalies at 264 hospitals in 74 low-income, middle-income, and high-income countries: a multicentre, international, prospective cohort study
  52. Rare and de novo variants in 827 congenital diaphragmatic hernia probands implicate LONP1 and ALYREF as new candidate risk genes
  53. Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on paediatric patients with cancer in low-income, middle-income and high-income countries: protocol for a multicentre, international, observational cohort study
  54. Patient care and clinical outcomes for patients with COVID-19 infection admitted to African high-care or intensive care units (ACCCOS): a multicentre, prospective, observational cohort study
  55. UK Head and neck cancer surgical capacity during the second wave of the COVID—19 pandemic: Have we learned the lessons? COVIDSurg collaborative
  56. SARS-CoV-2 vaccination modelling for safe surgery to save lives: data from an international prospective cohort study
  57. Timing of surgery following SARS-CoV-2 infection
  58. Elective Cancer Surgery in COVID-19–Free Surgical Pathways During the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic: An International, Multicenter, Comparative Cohort Study
  59. Surgical site infection after gastrointestinal surgery in children: an international, multicentre, prospective cohort study
  60. Preoperative nasopharyngeal swab testing and postoperative pulmonary complications in patients undergoing elective surgery during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic
  61. Delaying surgery for patients with a previous SARS-CoV-2 infection
  62. Novel candidate genes in esophageal atresia/tracheoesophageal fistula identified by exome sequencing
  63. Mortality and pulmonary complications in patients undergoing surgery with perioperative SARS-CoV-2 infection: an international cohort study
  64. Elective surgery cancellations due to the COVID-19 pandemic: global predictive modelling to inform surgical recovery plans
  65. Priorities for peri‐operative research in Africa
  66. An African, Multi-Centre Evaluation of Patient Care and Clinical Outcomes for Patients with COVID-19 Infection Admitted to High-Care or Intensive Care Units
  67. Maternal and neonatal outcomes after caesarean delivery in the African Surgical Outcomes Study: a 7-day prospective observational cohort study
  68. Global variation in anastomosis and end colostomy formation following left‐sided colorectal resection
  69. Pooled analysis of WHO Surgical Safety Checklist use and mortality after emergency laparotomy
  70. De novo variants in congenital diaphragmatic hernia identify MYRF as a new syndrome and reveal genetic overlaps with other developmental disorders
  71. The ASOS Surgical Risk Calculator: development and validation of a tool for identifying African surgical patients at risk of severe postoperative complications
  72. Surgical site infection after gastrointestinal surgery in high-income, middle-income, and low-income countries: a prospective, international, multicentre cohort study
  73. Perioperative patient outcomes in the African Surgical Outcomes Study: a 7-day prospective observational cohort study
  74. Gastric tube esophagoplasty for pediatric esophageal replacement
  75. Isolated Thoracoschisis: Case Report and Review of Literature
  76. Dumbbell-Shaped Rhabdomyosarcoma: Two-Stage Surgical Resection