Impact of COVID-19 on Elective Cleft Surgery in Low- and Middle-income Countries

Background:. The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted health systems worldwide, including in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Many countries limited the delivery of elective surgery. To date, COVID-19’s impact on elective surgery in LMICs has been unquantified. We use operative data from a large int...

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Main Authors: Richard Vander Burg, RN, BSN, Karoon Agrawal, MS, MCh, Priya Desai, MPH, Ibironke Desalu, MD, Peter Donkor, BDS, MDSc
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer 2021-06-01
Series:Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open
Online Access:http://journals.lww.com/prsgo/fulltext/10.1097/GOX.0000000000003656