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Global Surgery

The Essentials

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Editors:
  1. Adrian Park

    1. Department of Surgery, Anne Arundel Health System, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Annapolis, USA

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  2. Raymond Price

    1. Department of Surgery, Center for Global Surgery, Department of Family and Preventative Medicine, Division of Public Health, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA

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  • Provides a ready resource to equip surgeons to manage clinical scenarios that they might encounter in resource-limited settings
  • Written by experts in the field
  • Enables the reader to work cross culturally

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Table of contents (21 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. The 10,000-Foot View: Framing Global Surgery

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Global Disparities in Surgical Care

      • Jonathan L. Dunlap, Adil H. Haider
      Pages 3-12

    3. The Transforming Power of High-Quality Surgical Care: Surgery’s Role in Improving Public Health

      • Jaymie A. Henry, Raymond Price
      Pages 13-34

    4. The Economic Case for Surgical Care in Low-Resource Settings

      • Nakul P. Raykar, Swagoto Mukhopadhyay, Jonathan L. Halbach, Matchecane T. Cossa, Saurabh Saluja, Yihan Lin et al.
      Pages 35-48

  3. The 1,000-Foot View: Sustainable Surgical Training

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 49-49
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    2. Surgical Training in Low-Resource Settings

      • Rosemary Klein, Adrian Park
      Pages 51-67

    3. Delivery of Subspecialty Surgical Care in Low-Resource Settings

      • Russell E. White, Robert K. Parker
      Pages 69-107

    4. Academic Global Surgery

      • Sanjay Krishnaswami, Mamta Swaroop, Benedict C. Nwomeh
      Pages 109-125

    5. E-Learning in Global Surgery

      • Brian H. Cameron, Susie Schofield
      Pages 127-144

  4. The “100-Foot” Perspective: Preparing for International Involvement

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 145-145
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    2. The Importance of Contextual Relevance and Cultural Appropriateness in Global Surgery

      • Janaka A. Lagoo, Sandhya A. Lagoo-Deenadayalan
      Pages 147-161

    3. Practical Checklists

      • John L. Tarpley, Margaret J. Tarpley
      Pages 163-174

    4. Basic Bioengineering: Essential Equipment Use and Troubleshooting

      • Jim Moore, Richard S. Wood
      Pages 175-191

    5. Frugal and Reverse Innovations in Surgery

      • Matthew Prime, Yasser Bhatti, Matthew Harris
      Pages 193-206

    6. Getting Started: Connecting to Global Surgical Opportunities

      • Domenech Asbun, Lena Lea Kassab, Horacio J. Asbun
      Pages 207-223

  5. On the Ground: The Clinical Essentials

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 225-225
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    2. General Surgery Essentials

      • Sherry M. Wren, Micaela M. Esquivel
      Pages 227-258

    3. Essential Anesthesia

      • Mark J. Harris
      Pages 259-278

    4. Tropical Infectious Disease Medicine for Surgeons: A Primer

      • Bruce C. Steffes, R. Gregory Juckett
      Pages 279-332
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About this book

This text was developed as a book aimed at surgeons and allied health professionals that provides an introduction to the unmet needs , epidemiological, socioeconomic and even political factors that frame Global Surgery. Following upon an understanding of these issues, the text is a practical guide that enables the reader on several levels: to work cross culturally , build relationships and negotiate the logistical challenges of bringing surgical care to low resource settings; to develop an approach to the management of various clinical conditions that would be unfamiliar to most “western” surgeons.  Global Surgery is a recently coined term that encompasses many potential meanings. Most would agree that it focuses on the growing recognition of the crisis of access to quality surgical care in low resource settings. Such scenarios exist on every continent. Increasingly surgeons, allied health professionals (NGO), Public Health / Health Policy professionals as well as governmental and non-governmental organizations are engaging in this field. Many surgeons have an interest in Global Health and a desire to become involved but feel ill equipped to do so and unsure where to start. 
Global Surgery: The Essentials serves as a ready resource to equip surgeons to manage clinical scenarios that lie beyond the scope of their training or current practice but that they would reasonably be expected to encounter in the field.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Surgery, Anne Arundel Health System, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Annapolis, USA

    Adrian Park

  • Department of Surgery, Center for Global Surgery, Department of Family and Preventative Medicine, Division of Public Health, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA

    Raymond Price

About the editors

Adrian Park, MD, FRCSC, FACS, FCS (ECSA)


Professor and Chairman


Department of Surgery


Anne Arundel Health System


Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine


2001 Medical Parkway


Annapolis, MD




Raymond R. Price MD, FACS


Director Center for Global Surgery


Clinical Professor, Surgery


Associate Adjunct Professor, Family and Preventive Medicine, Division of Public Health


University of Utah


Director Graduate Surgical Education


Intermountain Medical Center


Intermountain Healthcare


Salt Lake City, UT 


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Global Surgery

  • Book Subtitle: The Essentials

  • Editors: Adrian Park, Raymond Price

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49482-1

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-49480-7Published: 12 May 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-84170-0Published: 07 August 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-49482-1Published: 02 May 2017

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 597

  • Number of Illustrations: 25 b/w illustrations, 168 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: General Surgery, Health Administration

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