Pediatric Surgery and Anesthesia in Low-Middle Income Countries: Current Situation and Ethical Challenges.

Low-middle income countries (LMICs) are currently experiencing an important population growth, leading to a substantial raise in the number of children living in those areas. As a consequence, the existing gap between the need for surgical and anesthetic care and the available therapeutic options will increase. To overcome this, an improvement in the available expertise, infrastructures, and supplies will be mandatory.

Epidemiology of Pediatric Surgical Conditions Observed in a First-Level Hospital in Burundi.

Little is known about the surgical conditions affecting the pediatric population in low-income countries. In this article we describe the epidemiology of pediatric surgical diseases observed in Mutoyi hospital, a first-level hospital in Burundi. We retrospectively reviewed the records of all children (0-14 years) admitted to the Surgery ward from January 2017 to December 2017.