Additional Resources
Education and Program Development
- The Lancet Commission on Global Surgery
- The Global Burden of Disease Study
- Standards for Approval of Cleft Palate and Craniofacial Teams
- Establishing Cleft Malformation Surgery in Developing Nations
- Comprehensive Cleft Center: A Paradigm Shift in Cleft Care
- The Development of Postgraduate Surgical Training in Guyana
- Cleft Lip and Palate Care in Resource-Limited Settings
- Policy Forum Increasing Access to Surgical Services in Sub-Saharan Africa
- Equity and Participation in Outreach Surgical Aid: Interplast ANZ
- Experiences with a Microvascular Approach under West African Conditions
- Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery in Global Health: Let's Reconstruct Global Surgery
- Plastic Surgery Training Worldwide: Part 1. The United States and Europe
- Evolution of a Sustainable Surgical Delivery Model
- The Current State of Global Surgery Training in Plastic Surgery Residency
- ICOPLAST
- ACS Operation Giving Back
- The Harvard Program for Global Surgery and Social Change
Guidelines
- Pediatric Anesthesia for Voluntary Services Abroad
- Guidelines for the Care of Children in the Less Developed World
- World Health Organization: Surgical Safety Checklist
- Volunteers in Plastic Surgery Guidelines for Providing Surgical Care for Children in the Less Developed World
- Volunteers in Plastic Surgery Guidelines for Providing Surgical Care for Children in the Less Developed World: Part II. Ethical Considerations
Historical Overview
- Perspectives on Plastic Surgery and Global Health
- Finding Surgery's Place on the Global Health Agenda
- Volunteerism and Humanitarian Efforts in Surgery
- "Blitz Surgery": Redefining Surgical Needs, Training, and Practice in Sub-Saharan Africa
Outcomes and Impact
- Predictors, Quality Markers, and Economics of Volunteering Internationally: Results from a Comprehensive Survey of American Society of Plastic Surgeons Members
- 30-year International Pediatric Craniofacial Surgery Partnership: Evolution from the "Third World" Forward
- Barriers to Reconstructive Surgery in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Cross-Sectional Study of 453 Cleft Lip and Cleft Palate Patients in Vietnam
- Comparison of Fistula Rates after Palatoplasty for International and Local Surgeons on Surgical Missions in Ecuador with Rates at a Craniofacial Center in the United States
- Humanitarian Missions in the Third World: A Polite Dissent
- Estimation of Impact of Surgical Disease Through Economic Modeling of Cleft Lip and Palate Care
- Interplast Italy: A 20-Year Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Humanitarian Experience in Developing Countries
- Measurement of Patient Satisfaction in International Surgical Missions Using the United States HCAPS Survey
- Mentoring and Modeling Professionalism: Service and Global Health
- Introduction of Microsurgery in Vietnam by a Charitable Organization: A 15-Year Experience
- Outcome Evaluation of the Hand and Wrist According to the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health
- Plastic Surgery—Myths and Realities in Developing Countries: Experience from Eastern Nepal
- Investing in a Surgical Outcomes Auditing System
- Surgical Outcomes Auditing Systems in Humanitarian Organizations
- Ten-Year Cleft Surgery in Nepal: Achievements and Lessons Learned for Better Cleft Care Abroad
- The Clinical and Economic Impact of a Sustained Program in Global Plastic Surgery: Valuing Cleft Care in Resource-Poor Settings
- The Medical Mission and Modern Core Competency Training: A 10-Year Follow-Up of Resident Experiences in Global Plastic Surgery
- Economic Valuation of the Impact of a Large Surgical Charity Using the Value of Lost Welfare Approach
Short-Term Missions
- Creating Long-Term Benefits in Cleft Lip and Palate Volunteer Missions
- Guidelines for Pediatric Perioperative Care During Short-Term Plastic Reconstructive Surgical Projects in Less Developed Nations
- Implementation of an Emergency Response Protocol for Overseas Surgical Outreach Initiatives
- Focused Versus Operating Room-Wide Recovery of Unused Supplies for Overseas Reconstructive Surgery
- Surgical Mission Work: An Inside Perspective
Telemedicine
- An Evolution of Communication in Postoperative Free Flap Monitoring: Using a Smartphone and Mobile Messenger Application
- A Home-Care System for the Telemonitoring and Telerehabilitation of the Hand Incorporating Interactive Biofeedback
- The Utility of Multimedia in the Diagnosis and Management of Acute and Subacute Problems in Hand Surgery
- A Systematic Review of Clinical Outcomes, Clinical Process, Healthcare Utilization and Costs Associated with Telerehabilitation
- Telemedicine as a Means of Effective Speech Evaluation for Cleft Palate Patients
- Three-dimensional Printing in Developing Countries
- Web-Based Medicine as a Means to Establish Centers of Surgical Excellence in the Developing World