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World Journal of Surgery
Published in: World Journal of Surgery 4/2014

01-04-2014

Characterizing the Global Burden of Surgical Disease: A Method to Estimate Inguinal Hernia Epidemiology in Ghana: Reply

Published in: World Journal of Surgery | Issue 4/2014

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I thank Mr. Shillcutt and Drs. Kingsnorth and Sutton for their thoughtful commentary on our study. Shillcutt and Kingsnorth’s research on inguinal hernia repair cost-effectiveness in low-resource settings is innovative and has advanced the global surgery literature [1, 2]. In addition, the philanthropic work of Operation Hernia is to be strongly commended as an outstanding example of effective global surgical outreach. …
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Shillcutt SD, Clarke MG, Kingsnorth AN (2010) Cost-effectiveness of groin hernia surgery in the western region of Ghana. Arch Surg 145:954–961PubMedCrossRef
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Sanders DL, Porter CS, Mitchell KC et al (2008) A prospective cohort study comparing the African and European hernia. Hernia 12:527–529PubMedCrossRef
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Murray CJL, Vos T, Lozano R et al (2012) Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 291 diseases and injuries in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the global burden of disease study 2010. Lancet 380:2197–2223PubMedCrossRef
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Title
Characterizing the Global Burden of Surgical Disease: A Method to Estimate Inguinal Hernia Epidemiology in Ghana: Reply
Publication date
01-04-2014
Published in
World Journal of Surgery / Issue 4/2014
Print ISSN: 0364-2313
Electronic ISSN: 1432-2323
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-013-2343-8

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