Rahman A, Chao TE, Trelles M, Dominguez LB, Mupenda J, et al.
2021-02-09 • World Journal of Surgery
2021-02-09 • World Journal of Surgery
BACKGROUND Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) provides surgical care in fragile states, which are more vulnerable to conflict. The primary objective of this study was to compare the indi...
2014-11-19 • Role of Anesthesiology in Global Health
2014-11-19 • Role of Anesthesiology in Global Health
Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has been running surgical programs since the early 1980s. This chapter provides an overview of the anesthesia component of these pr...
INTRODUCTION Helmand province, whose capital is Lashkar-Gah, is one of the most volatile provinces affected by the conflict in Afghanistan. Doctors without Borders began to work in B...
de Plecker E, Zachariah R, Kumar AMV, Trelles M, Caluwaerts C, et al.
2017-02-07 • PLOS One
2017-02-07 • PLOS One
OBJECTIVES In a rural district hospital in Burundi offering Emergency Obstetric care-(EmOC), we assessed the a) characteristics of women at risk of, or with an obstetric complication...
Valles P, Van den Bergh R, van den Boogaard W, Tayler-Smith K, Gayraud O, et al.
2016-11-03 • International Health
2016-11-03 • International Health
BACKGROUND Trauma is a leading cause of death and represents a major problem in developing countries where access to good quality emergency care is limited. Médecins Sans Frontières ...
Shirodkar S, Anande L, Dalal A, Desai C, Correa G, et al.
2016-09-21 • Public Health Action
2016-09-21 • Public Health Action
SETTING While surgery for pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) is considered an important adjunct for specific cases, including drug-resistant tuberculosis, operational evidence on its feasi...
Tayler-Smith K, Zachariah R, Manzi M, van den Boogaard W, Vandeborne A, et al.
2013-08-21 • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
2013-08-21 • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
BACKGROUND In Burundi, the annual incidence of obstetric fistula is estimated to be 0.2-0.5% of all deliveries, with 1000-2000 new cases per year. Despite this relatively high incide...
Gil Cuesta J, Trelles M, Naseer A, Momin A, Ngabo Mulamira L, et al.
2019-09-01 • Public Health Action
2019-09-01 • Public Health Action
INTRODUCTION Conflicts frequently occur in countries with high maternal and neonatal mortality and can aggravate difficulties accessing emergency care. No literature is available on ...
Wong EG, Dominguez LB, Trelles M, Ayobi S, Hazraty K, et al.
2015-05-01 • Surgery
2015-05-01 • Surgery
Conflicts and disasters remain prevalent in low- and middle-income countries, and injury remains a leading cause of death worldwide. The objective of this study was to describe the opera...
Haddara MM, Haberisoni JB, Trelles M, Gohou JP, Christella K, et al.
2020-08-01 • Oxford Medical Case Reports
2020-08-01 • Oxford Medical Case Reports
Hippopotamus is one of the most-loved animals in Africa, yet it is aggressive and dangerous. The co-existence of humans in close proximity to their natural habitat increases the probabil...
Wren SM, Wild HB, Gurney J, Amirtharajah M, Pagano H, et al.
2020-02-01 • Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)
2020-02-01 • Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)
IMPORTANCE Armed conflict in the 21st century poses new challenges to a humanitarian surgical response, including changing security requirements, access to patients, and communities ...
Bertol MJ, Van der Bergh R, Trelles M, Kenslor H, Basimuoneye JP, et al.
2014-07-20 • International Orthopaedics
2014-07-20 • International Orthopaedics
PURPOSE While the orthopaedic management of open fractures has been well-documented in developed settings, limited evidence exists on the surgical outcomes of open fractures in terms...
Traynor MD, Trelles M, Hernandez MC, Dominguez LB, Kushner AL, et al.
2019-11-29 • Journal of Pediatric Surgery
2019-11-29 • Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Introduction: The overwhelming burden of pediatric surgical need in humanitarian settings has prompted mutual interest between humanitarian organizations and pediatric surgeons. To asses...
Nerlander M, Pini A, Trelles M, Majanen H, Al-Abbasi O, et al.
2021-09-16 • Journal of Emergency Medicine
2021-09-16 • Journal of Emergency Medicine
BACKGROUND Armed conflicts constitute a significant public health problem, and the advent of asymmetric warfare tactics creates unique and new challenges to health care organizations...
Guzman Isabel-Beltran, Cuesta JG, Trelles M, Jaweed O, Cheréstal S, et al.
2019-03-05 • PLOS One
2019-03-05 • PLOS One
Introduction
Delays in arrival and treatment at health facilities lead to negative health outcomes. Individual and external factors could be associated with these delays. This study...
Forrester JD, Basimuoneye JP, Tahir MZ, Trelles M, Kushner AL, et al.
2017-04-08 • Surgery
2017-04-08 • Surgery
BACKGROUND Armed conflict increasingly involves civilian populations, and health care needs may be immense. We hypothesized that sex disparities may exist among persons receiving ope...
Jachetti A, Massenat RB, Edema N, Woolley SC, Benedetti G, et al.
2019-10-18 • BMC Emergency Medicine
2019-10-18 • BMC Emergency Medicine
BACKGROUND Bleeding is an important cause of death in trauma victims. In 2010, the CRASH-2 study, a multicentre randomized control trial on the effect of tranexamic acid (TXA) admini...
OBJECTIVE: To determine operative mortality in surgical programs from resource-limited settings. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: A retrospective cohort study of 17 surgical programs i...
