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September 10, 2025World Journal of SurgeryOpen Access

Current Landscape of Children's Surgery in Africa: A Multicenter Analysis of 16,000 Cases

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PHPhillip J. HsuMCMadeleine CarrollAZAlan Zambeli-Ljepović

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Overview

Multicenter analysis reports a 3.7% mortality rate in pediatric surgical care across LMICs, highlighting critical disease burdens.

Key Points

  • The study reveals a notable 3.7% mortality rate among pediatric surgical patients, indicating areas needing improvement.
  • Data was collected from 16,454 surgical procedures, with younger children under 5 years having higher frequencies compared to older ones.
  • Clinical data from 17 hospitals in 11 countries were analyzed between 2018 and 2023 to understand surgical epidemiology in children.
  • These findings suggest high mortality risks in cases of congenital malformations and emerging operations, emphasizing urgent intervention needs.

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Hsu et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68c23caeb210217d6478a314https://doi.org/10.1002/wjs.70066
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