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Background Accurate, complete and sustainable methods of tracking patients and outcomes in low-resource settings are imperative as we launch efforts to improve surgical care globally. The Surgical services QUality Assessment Database (SQUAD) at the Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital in Uganda is one of very few electronic surgical databases in a low-resource setting. We evaluated the completeness...
Transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block provides 12–24 h of analgesia to the parietal peritoneum and abdominal wall, and are best used combined with oral or intravenous medications. Despite ease of use, a large margin of safety, and a high success rate, TAP blocks remain under used in settings where patients could most benefit from their use. Previous studies have used oral or intravenous narcotics...
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