Evaluation of Patient Satisfaction, Impact and Disability-Free Survival After a Surgical Mission in Madagascar: A Pilot Survey

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• 作者：Michelle White ; Dennis Alcorn ; Kirsten Randall…
• 刊名：World Journal of Surgery
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：February 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：41
• 期：2
• 页码：364-369
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• 刊物类别：Medicine
• 刊物主题：Surgery; Abdominal Surgery; Cardiac Surgery; General Surgery; Thoracic Surgery; Vascular Surgery;
• 出版者：Springer International Publishing
• ISSN：1432-2323
• 卷排序：41

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BackgroundBillions of people worldwide lack access to safe affordable surgery. Surgical missions and non-governmental organisations (NGO) are vital in meeting this need, but long-term outcomes are rarely reported. Mercy Ships is a surgical NGO, and we aimed to measure disability-free survival, impact and patient satisfaction in Madagascar after a 7-month mission.