Urgent changes needed to global guidelines designed to stop surgical infection The Lancet has published a new study by the FALCON collaborative that looks into the reduction of surgical site infections in low-income and middle-income countries. The team behind the study believe that urgent changes are needed to global guidelines designed to stop surgical [...]
We open this sixth edition of our newsletter with the excellent news that Unit Director Professor Dion Morton has received an OBE! Please read on to find out more. We are also very pleased to announce the publication of the first COVIDSurg-Cancer paper and to share news on the Unit’s studies and activities. Please continue to [...]
The COVIDSurg Collaborative has published its second major data drivenpaper in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. The paper provides real-world evidence of the effectiveness of COVID-19 free surgical pathways (also known as 'cold', 'COVID-lite' or 'green' hospitals) in protecting patients undergoing elective cancer surgery from the pulmonary complications associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection. This research hopes [...]
Welcome to the fifth edition of the NIHR Global Health Research Unit on Global Surgery newsletter in which we showcase the Unit’s work in Health Economics, and celebrate the launch of CHEETAH. Please read on to find out about the great progress being made across all of the Unit’s activities. Please continue to send [...]
Welcome to the fourth edition of the NIHR Global Health Research Unit on Global Surgery newsletter. We trust that you are all keeping well. With the pandemic changing the way we work everywhere, we are encouraged by the rate at which the Unit's activity continues. In this edition we are pleased to include the first of the articles showcasing the [...]
CovidSurg researchers have published a paper examining ‘Mortality and pulmonary complications in patients undergoing surgery with perioperative SARS-CoV-2 infection’. The article published in The Lancet details the findings from the international multicentre CovidSurg cohort study in 235 hospitals in 24 countries. Data for 1,128 patients revealed that those undergoing surgery after contracting coronavirus are at [...]
CovidSurg researchers have published a paper on ‘Elective surgery cancellations due to the COVID-19 pandemic: global predictive modelling to inform surgical recovery plans’. The paper, published in the British Journal of Surgery, projects that based on a 12-week period of peak disruption to hospital services due to COVID-19, 28.4 million elective surgeries worldwide will [...]
March Newsletter The Global Surgical Outcomes Collaboration Another new publication for the combined GlobalSurg 1 & 2 datasets Global variation in anastomosis and end colostomy formation following left-sided colorectal resection Published earlier this month in BJS Open: https://doi.org/10.1002/bjs5.50138 Congratulations to all GlobalSurg 1 & 2 collaborators - you are all listed as authors on this new [...]
Publication Announcement The Global Surgical Outcomes Collaboration GlobalSurg team report first ever estimate of the total number of deaths within 30 days of surgery in top medical journal, The Lancet How many people die within 30 days of surgery? In total, we modelled that 4.2 million people die after surgery every year; more than the total number [...]
June Newsletter The Global Surgical Outcomes Collaboration New data centre for GlobalSurg Data.globalsurg.org We are delighted to announce the launch of the new GlobalSurg data centre - data.globalsurg.org The data centre aims to improve access to GlobalSurg datasets and to improve data literacy by providing educational information on data analysis and presentation. You can follow live [...]
