Remarkable gains have been made in global health in the past 25 years, but progress has
not been uniform. Mortality and morbidity from common conditions needing surgery have …

Background The perception of surgery as expensive and complex might be a barrier to its
widespread acceptance in global health efforts. We did a systematic review and analysis of …

… populations living in low-and-middle-income countries (LMICs), where the poorest one-third
of the world’s population receives only 3.5 percent of all surgical procedures (Weiser and …

Background Surgery has become an integral part of global health care, with an estimated
234 million operations performed yearly. Surgical complications are common and often …

… In today's Lancet, Thomas Weiser and colleagues 1 report that there are 234 million major
surgical procedures worldwide each year, one for every 25 people. This figure is more than …

Background It was previously estimated that 234·2 million operations were performed worldwide
in 2004. The association between surgical rates and population health outcomes is not …

Methods For the 194 Member States of the World Health Organization, we searched PubMed
for studies and contacted key informants for reports on surgical volumes between 2005 …

… Drs Weiser and Molina contributed equally to the article. … Weiser, MD, MPH, Department
of Surgery, Stanford University Medical Center, 300 Pasteur Dr, S067, Stanford, CA 94305 (…

Background More than 2 billion people are unable to receive surgical care based on
operating theatre density alone. The vision of the Lancet Commission on Global Surgery is …

Objectives To assess the relationship between changes in clinician attitude and changes in
postoperative outcomes following a checklist-based surgical safety intervention. Design Pre- …