Laparoscopic surgery for gynecologic cancer in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs): An area of need

Over 90% of people living in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) do not have access to surgical care. In the absence of appropriate surgical care, there is high morbidity and mortality from surgically curable diseases, such as cervical cancer. Laparoscopic surgery for gynecologic cancer in LMIC...

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Autores principales: Schwartz, Melissa, Jeng, Cherng-Jye, Chuang, Linus T.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
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Short Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5377001/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28393094
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gore.2017.03.016
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description Over 90% of people living in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) do not have access to surgical care. In the absence of appropriate surgical care, there is high morbidity and mortality from surgically curable diseases, such as cervical cancer. Laparoscopic surgery for gynecologic cancer in LMICs is extremely limited. The benefits of laparoscopy over open surgery are even more pronounced in LMICs than in resource-rich countries. Barriers to implementation of laparoscopic surgery in LMICs should be identified and addressed in order to improve global cancer care and the lives of women worldwide.
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spelling pubmed-53770012017-04-07 Laparoscopic surgery for gynecologic cancer in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs): An area of need Schwartz, Melissa Jeng, Cherng-Jye Chuang, Linus T. Gynecol Oncol Rep Short Communication Over 90% of people living in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) do not have access to surgical care. In the absence of appropriate surgical care, there is high morbidity and mortality from surgically curable diseases, such as cervical cancer. Laparoscopic surgery for gynecologic cancer in LMICs is extremely limited. The benefits of laparoscopy over open surgery are even more pronounced in LMICs than in resource-rich countries. Barriers to implementation of laparoscopic surgery in LMICs should be identified and addressed in order to improve global cancer care and the lives of women worldwide. Elsevier 2017-03-25 /pmc/articles/PMC5377001/ /pubmed/28393094 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gore.2017.03.016 Text en © 2017 Published by Elsevier Inc. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Laparoscopic surgery for gynecologic cancer in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs): An area of need
title Laparoscopic surgery for gynecologic cancer in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs): An area of need
title_full Laparoscopic surgery for gynecologic cancer in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs): An area of need
title_fullStr Laparoscopic surgery for gynecologic cancer in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs): An area of need
title_full_unstemmed Laparoscopic surgery for gynecologic cancer in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs): An area of need
title_short Laparoscopic surgery for gynecologic cancer in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs): An area of need
title_sort laparoscopic surgery for gynecologic cancer in low- and middle-income countries (lmics): an area of need
topic Short Communication
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5377001/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28393094
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gore.2017.03.016
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