Global Surgery and Mercy Ships by Leo Cheng, Hilary Cheng, Gary Parker

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Interval follow up of a 4-day pilot program to implement the WHO surgical safety checklist at a Congolese hospital by Michelle C. White, Jennifer Peterschmidt, James Callahan, J. Edward Fitzgerald, Kristin L. Close

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Lasting impact: a qualitative study of perspectives on surgery by adult recipients of free mission-based surgical care in Benin by Kristin L Close, Floor T.E. Christie-de Jong

“…Participants were recruited using purposive sampling from the Mercy Ships patient database. Interview data were coded and organised into themes and subthemes using thematic content analysis in an interpretivist approach.Findings Analysis of interview data revealed three main themes: barriers to surgery, experiences with Mercy Ships and changes in perspectives of surgery after their experiences. …”
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Single-Stage Tibial Osteotomy for Correction of Genu Varum Deformity in Children by Nikolas Kolbe, Frank Haydon, Johannes Kolbe, Thomas Dreher

“…We evaluated whether the corrective osteotomy used within the NGO Mercy Ships is an effective treatment for genu varum deformity of different etiologies in children and which patient specific factors have an influence on the radiographic outcome. …”
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The Anatomical Subunit Approach to Managing Tessier Numbers 3 and 4 Craniofacial Clefts by Aaron C. Van Slyke, MD, MSc, FRCSC, Jonathan Burge, MBBS, FRACS, Ria Bos, BSN, Gary Parker, DDS, FDSRCS, David K. Chong, MBBS, FRACS

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Oxygen saturation targets for adults with acute hypoxemia in low and lower-middle income countries: a scoping review with analysis of contextual factors by Austin Herbst, Swati Goel, Abi Beane, Abi Beane, Abi Beane, B. Jason Brotherton, B. Jason Brotherton, Dingase Dula, E. Wesley Ely, E. Wesley Ely, E. Wesley Ely, Stephen B. Gordon, Stephen B. Gordon, Rashan Haniffa, Rashan Haniffa, Rashan Haniffa, Rashan Haniffa, Bethany Hedt-Gauthier, Felix Limbani, Michael S. Lipnick, Michael S. Lipnick, Michael S. Lipnick, Samuel Lyon, Carolyne Njoki, Peter Oduor, George Otieno, Luigi Pisani, Jamie Rylance, Mark G. Shrime, Mark G. Shrime, Doris Lorette Uwamahoro, Doris Lorette Uwamahoro, Sky Vanderburg, Wangari Waweru-Siika, Theogene Twagirumugabe, Theogene Twagirumugabe, Elisabeth Riviello

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