Document Type : Correspondence
Authors
1 Program in Global Surgery and Social Change, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
2 General Surgery Department, University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA, USA
3 Lund University, Lund, Sweden
4 Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
5 Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York City, NY, USA
6 University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
7 Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
8 Department of Plastic and Oral Surgery, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
9 Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, MA, USA
Keywords
The insightful responses by Dr. Roder-DeWan, Dr. Henry, and Dr. Kreindler have added great richness to the ongoing conversation about the best way to organize surgical services in low- and middle income countries. The authors keenly point out where evidence is strong, the gaps in our knowledge, and how these can be addressed to create better guidelines for the future... (Read more...)