Peripheral extremity surgery performed during the Syrian conflict - A scoping review.

ABSTRACT: The protracted Syrian conflict has devastated healthcare infrastructure across Syria with impacts on both the conflict and non-conflict related surgical needs of patients. This review summarises the literature related to peripheral limb surgery performed in Syria between March 2011 to January 2024 to determine the influence of the conflict on surgical capacity and provision. A systematic review based on Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR) guidelines was performed using six academic and one grey literature database. Studies that included clinical-epidemiological descriptions of procedures in orthopaedic, vascular and plastic surgery were included for quantitative and narrative analysis. The search resulted in 3951 pap

SUBMITTER: Khan A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11809873 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature