Are LMICs Achieving the Lancet Commission Global Benchmark for Surgical Volumes? A Systematic Review.
Priti PatilPriyansh NathaniJuul M BakkerAlex J van DuinenPranav BhushanMinal ShuklaSamir ChaliseNobhojit RoyAnita GadgilPublished in: World journal of surgery (2023)
Most LMICs have surgical volumes below the LCoGS benchmark of 5000 procedures per 100,000 population, with an average of 877 surgeries. The surgical volume increased while the proportions of hernia and cesarean sections reduced with increased GDP per capita. In the future, it's essential to apply uniform and reproducible data collection methods for obtaining multinational data that can be more accurately compared.