A Procedural Cost Minimization Analysis for Hernia Repairs and Minor Procedures Between a United States Academic Institution and a Medical Mission to the Dominican Republic
Jaime A Cavallo, MD, MPHS, Jenny Ousley, BS, Christopher Barrett, MD, Sara Baalman, MA, Kyle Ward, DO, Margaret M Frisella, RN, Brent D Matthews, MD Section of Minimally Invasive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri INTRODUCTION: Material supplies and medications constitute the greatest per capita costs for surgical missions… Continue Reading
The role of laparoscopic surgery in developing countries: A review
Tiffany E Chao, MD, MPH, Jessica Opuku-Anane, MD, Lars Hagander, MD, Rebecca Maine, MD, John G Meara, MD, DMD, MBA Massachusetts General Hospital; Harvard Medical School Program in Global Surgery and Social Change, Children's Hospital Boston, Lund University Faculty of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, Objective: Surgical conditions are an acknowledged global health problem… Continue Reading
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