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World Journal of Surgery
Published in: World Journal of Surgery 12/2019

01-12-2019 | Abdominal Surgery | Letter to the Editor

Letter to the Editor: Perioperative Mortality Rates as a Health Metric for Acute Abdominal Surgery in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review and Future Recommendations

Authors: Alejandro Usubillaga Villa, Herney Andrés García-Perdomo

Published in: World Journal of Surgery | Issue 12/2019

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Dear editor, regarding the systematic review written by Felizaire et al. [1] and published in your prestigious journal, we have found some points we would like to discuss. …
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Title
Letter to the Editor: Perioperative Mortality Rates as a Health Metric for Acute Abdominal Surgery in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review and Future Recommendations
Authors
Alejandro Usubillaga Villa
Herney Andrés García-Perdomo
Publication date
01-12-2019
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Published in
World Journal of Surgery / Issue 12/2019
Print ISSN: 0364-2313
Electronic ISSN: 1432-2323
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-019-05126-4

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