Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH
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Trop. Med. Int. Health · Dec 1999
Survey of surgical emergencies in a rural population in the Northern Areas of Pakistan.
To determine the incidence of specific surgical emergencies in a mountainous rural community in the Northern Areas of Pakistan and to assess use of existing health services, and outcomes related to acute surgical illness events. ⋯ The incidence rates for broad categories of serious acute surgical illness in the study population far exceeded the rates of acute surgical intervention. Mortality rates were correspondingly high. Such evidence points to a large unmet surgical need and ought to spur improvements in the health service.