Gnangnon, Freddy Houéhanou Rodrigue https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0864-4751
Lawani, Ismaïl https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5022-6313
Knight, Stephen R.
Parenté, Alexis
Dossou, Francis Moïse
Totah, Terrence
Houinato, Dismand Stephan
Blanquet, Véronique
Preux, Pierre-Marie
Harrison, Ewen M.
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Article History
Received: 2 September 2023
Accepted: 27 November 2024
First Online: 18 December 2024
Declarations
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: Since the Globalsurg3 project did not affect clinical practice and patient outcome, and was classified as a clinical audit by the UK National Health Service (NHS) Research Ethics proportionate review and exempted from formal research registration (South East Scotland Research Ethics Service, reference NR/161AB6). Individual centers obtained their own audit or institutional approval, together with ethical approval as per local regulations. Informed consent was obtained from all participants. The study is reported according to the Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) guidelines.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.