Publications by authors named "Wilme Steyn"
Outcomes of popliteal artery injuries in a level 1 trauma centre: a 6-year review.
Eur J Trauma Emerg Surg
January 2025
Purpose: To determine modifiable and non-modifiable factors contributing to limb loss in PAI the relevance and accuracy of published scoring systems for PAI within a South African State hospital.
Methodology: Retrospective review of patients (> 18 years) with PAI, presenting to CMJAH trauma unit from 1 January 2017 to 31 December 2022.
Results: Sixty-four patient records were analysed.
Article Synopsis
- Global surgery is becoming an important area of study in global health, but it suffers from authorship inequities, particularly over-representation of authors from high-income countries (HICs) and under-representation of those from low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).
- A systematic analysis of global surgery publications from 2016 to 2020 revealed that the majority of authors were male (60%), primarily from HICs (51%), and held senior positions (55% were fully qualified clinicians or in leadership roles).
- The study highlights significant gender and seniority disparities, especially with LMIC authors having fewer female authors and that more efforts are needed to improve authorship opportunities for underrepresented groups in global surgery research.