Publications
Below you will find publications from the NIHR Global Health Unit on Global Surgery and from the GlobalSurg Collaborative. We will endeavor to make as many of our publications as possible open access or free to view,
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Article: Projecting COVID-19 disruption to elective surgery
COVIDSurg Collaborative
The Lancet 2021 December https://bit.ly/3E7r9YK
Article: Death following pulmonary complications of surgery before and during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic
STARSurg Collaborative and COVIDSurg Collaborative
BJS 2021 November https://bit.ly/3p1cKt0
Article: Feasibility and diagnostic accuracy of Telephone Administration of an adapted wound heaLing QuestiONaire for assessment for surgical site infection following abdominal surgery in low and middle-income countries (TALON): protocol for a study within a trial (SWAT)
NIHR Global Health Research Unit on Global Surgery
BMC 2021 July https://bit.ly/3p4zo3B
Article: Effect of COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns on planned cancer surgery for 15 tumour types in 61 countries: an international, prospective, cohort study
COVIDSurg Collaborative
The Lancet Oncology 2021 Oct https://bit.ly/3bxRbIO
Article: Challenges and solutions: surveying researchers on what type of community engagement and involvement activities are feasible in low and middle income countries during the COVID-19 pandemic
Kroese K, Porter K, Surridge H, Tembo D
BMJ Open 2021 Oct https://bit.ly/3vQKkUq
Article: Reducing surgical site infections in low-income and middle-income countries (FALCON): a pragmatic, multicentre, stratified, randomised controlled trial
FALCON Collaborative and NIHR Global Research Health Unit on Global Surgery
The Lancet 2021 Oct https://bit.ly/3GkxBOy
Article: Preliminary model assessing the cost-effectiveness of preoperative chlorhexidine mouthwash in reducing postoperative pneumonia among abdominal surgery patients in South Africa.
GlobalSurg Collaborative
Plos One 2021 Aug https://bit.ly/3G8sYX3
Article: Effects of pre-operative isolation on postoperative pulmonary complications after elective surgery: an international prospective cohort study.
Anaesthesia 2021 Aug https://bit.ly/32PKuAZ
Article: Community engagement and involvement in Ghana: Conversations with community stakeholders to inform surgical research
Kroese K, Ofori Appiah B, Ramatu Abdulai D, Monahan M, Prah A, Tabiri S
Published July 2021 BMC Research Involvement and Engagement https://bit.ly/3roR4IK
Article: Stoma care research in Low and Middle-income Countries: An update from the NIHR Global Health Research Unit on Global Surgery
Ademuyiwa A, Adisa A, Bhangu AA, Glasbey JC, Lapitan MC*, Msosa V, Sacdalan MDP, Simoes J.
BJS Open 2021 May https://bit.ly/3Icmb0k
Article: CROCODILE study group. CatastROphiC expenditure rates and barriers fOr treatment aDherence In patients with colorectaL cancEr in India: CROCODILE study protocol
CROCODILE Collaborative
Colorectal Disease 2021 Apr https://bit.ly/3d8nHCj
Article: Methodological issues in economic evaluations of emergency transport systems in low-income and middle-income countries
Lilford R, Nepogodiev D, Chilton PJ, Watson SI, Erlangga D, Diggle P, Girling AJ, Sculpher M
BMJ Global Health 2021 Mar 10.1136/bmjgh-2020-004723
Article: SARS-CoV-2 vaccination to support safe surgery during the pandemic: a modeling study using data from an international prospective cohort study
Covidsurg Collaborative, GlobalSurg Collaborative
BJS Society 2021 Mar 10.1093/bjs/znab101/6182412
Article: Timing of surgery following SARS‐CoV‐2 infection: an international prospective cohort study.
Covidsurg Collaborative
Association of Anesthetists 2021 Mar 10.1111/anae.15458
Article: Global variation in postoperative mortality and complications after cancer surgery: a multicentre, prospective cohort study in 82 countries
GlobalSurg & the NIHR Global Health Research Unit on Global Surgery
The Lancet 2021 Jan; doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)00001-5 (2021)
Article: Head and neck cancer surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic: An international, multicenter, observational cohort study
Covidsurg Collaborative
Cancer 2020 Dec; doi 10.1016/j.accpm.2019.11.005
Article: Surgical Site Infection in Children after Surgery: A global prospective cohort study
GlobalSurg Collaborative
BMJ Global Health 2020 Dec; doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2020-003429
Article: Identifying a Basket of Surgical Procedures to Standardize Global Surgical Metrics: An International Delphi Study.
Odland ML, Nepogodiev D, Morton D, Martin J, Bekele A, Ghosh D, Ademuyiwa AO, Davies JI, Weiser TG.
Ann Surg. 2020 Nov; doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000004611
Article: Perioperative mortality as a meaningful indicator: Challenges and solutions for measurement, interpretation, and health system improvement.
Ng-Kamstra JS, Nepogodiev D, Lawani I, Bhangu A.
Anaesth Crit Care Pain Med. 2020 Oct; 39(5):673-681 10.1016/j.accpm.2019.11.005
Article: Pragmatic multicentre factorial randomised controlled trial testing measures to reduce surgical site infection in low- and middle-income countries: study protocol of the FALCON trial
FALCON Collaborative and NIHR Global Research Health Unit on Global Surgery
BJS 2020 Sept ; doi/10.1111/codi.15354
Article: Elective Cancer Surgery in COVID-19–Free Surgical Pathways During the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic: An International, Multicenter, Comparative Cohort Study
COVIDSurg Collaborative
Journal of Clinical Oncology; https://doi. org/10.1200/JCO.20.01933
Article: Making all deaths after surgery count – Authors’ reply
Nepogodiev D, Martin J, Biccard B, Ademuyiwa A, Bhangu A
The Lancet; Lancet. 2019;393(10191):2588-9
Article: Preoperative nasopharyngeal swab testing and postoperative pulmonary complications in patients undergoing elective surgery during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic
COVIDSURG Collaborative
BJS; https://academic.oup.com/bjs/advance-article/doi/10.1093/bjs/znaa051/5974404)
Article: Should we be re‐starting elective surgery?
COVIDSURG Collaborative
Association of Anaesthetists ; https://associationofanaesthetists-publications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/anae.15296)
Article: Mesh versus suture repair of primary inguinal hernia in Ghana: Prospective, outcome assessor blinded, before and after study.
Tabiri S, Owusu F, Abantanga FA, Moten A, Nepogodiev D, Omar O, Bhangu A.
BJS Open; 2019 25;3(5):629-633
Article: ‘Reducing postoperative mortality rates in England’
Nepogodiev D, Omar O, Bhangu A.
BJS Open; 2019 10.1002
Article: Feasibility study for a randomised controlled trial of bupivacaine, lignocaine with adrenaline, or placebo wound infiltration to reduce postoperative pain after laparoscopic cholecystectomy in West Africa
Adenekan AT, Aderounmu AA, Wuraola FO, Owojuyigbe AM, Adetoye AO, Nepogodiev D, Magill L, Bhangu A, Adisa AO
BJS Open; 2019;3(4):453-460
Article: Delaying surgery for patients with a previous SARS-CoV-2 infection
COVIDSURG Collaborative
BJS ; https://bjssjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/bjs.12050
Article: Favourable perioperative outcomes for children with SARS-CoV-2
COVIDSURG Collaborative
BJS ; https://bjssjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/bjs.12038
Article: Mortality and pulmonary complications in patients undergoing surgery with perioperative SARS-CoV-2 infection: an international cohort study
COVIDSURG Collaborative