Overcoming Political Upheaval to Deliver Pediatric Surgical Care in Afghanistan: Prospective Analysis of the First 1,000 Procedures

This is the largest study on the provision of pediatric surgical care in Afghanistan, demonstrating the successful implementation of infrastructure for surgical capacity in a low-resource setting with a complex political status. Future efforts to quantify the burden of untreated pediatric surgical disease in this setting should assist advocacy efforts toward resource allocation and public health initiatives.