Neonatal surgical mortality at a low resource setting, HEAL Africa tertiary hospital, Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Purpose: This study describes the experience with common neonatal surgical conditions and their outcomes at a single center in the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) over a period of 7 years (2016-2022).

Methods: A retrospective review of neonatal surgical admissions and their outcomes was performed for patient admitted between January 2016 and December 2022 at HEAL Africa teaching hospital. Data were collected from the neonatal admission and discharge registry for all patients with a potential surgical condition.