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1.    Karikari, A., Gyedu, A., Yankson, I. K., Amedzake, D., Agyei-Baffour, P., Edusei, A., Donkor, P., & Mock, C. (2025). Nurses' knowledge on trauma and emergency care and associated factors in Ghanaian district hospitals. African Journal of Emergency Medicine, 15, 100876. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.afjem.2025.04.004

2.    Gyedu, A., Issaka, A., Donkor, P., & Mock, C. (2025). Utilization of a trauma quality improvement tool in a clinical trial: Effects when tool not used. World Journal of Surgery. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/wjs.12633
3.    Mešić, A., Stewart, B., Opoku, I., Wagenaar, B., Mohammed, B., Sulemana, A.-M., Jmaileh, M., Damsere-Derry, J., Gyedu, A., Mock, C., Kitali, A., Wuaku, D., Afram, M., & Feldacker, C. (2024). Correction: “We are pleading for the government to do more”: Road user perspectives on the magnitude, contributing factors, and potential solutions to road traffic injuries and deaths in Ghana. PLOS ONE, 19, e0315233. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0315233
4.    Gyedu, A., Amponsah-Manu, F., Mensah, S., Donkor, P., & Mock, C. (2024). An evaluation of the Hawthorne effect in a clinical trial of trauma care in Ghana. World Journal of Surgery, 48. https://doi.org/10.1002/wjs.12410
5.    Lett, R., Bartolomeos, K., Lett, R., Laeke, T., Tirsit, A., Admasu, A., Boniface, R., Munthali, V., Razek, T., Deckelbaum, D., Bracco, D., Presser, E., Woldesenbet, E., Belachew, F., Weiser, T., Iverson, K., Takoutsing, B., Dalle, D. U., Bilong Mbangtang Jnr, C., & Shale, W. (2024). Injury and violence in the context of sustainable development: The first Bethune Round Table in Africa, Bethune Round Table 2024, Conference on Global Surgery, May 16–18, 2024, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Canadian Journal of Surgery, 67(Suppl. 1), S1–S16. https://doi.org/10.1503/cjs.009624
6.    Fitzgerald, T., & Gyedu, A. (2024). Ethics in global surgery: Lived perspectives and current standards. World Journal of Surgery, 48. https://doi.org/10.1002/wjs.12340
7.    Mešić, A., Kitali, A., Mock, C., Damsere-Derry, J., Haule, H., Feldacker, C., Mooney, S., Gyedu, A., Wagenaar, B., Wuaku, D., Afram, M., & Stewart, B. (2024). 705 Investigating contributing factors to road traffic injury severity: A comparative study of vulnerable and non-vulnerable road users in Ghana. Injury Prevention, 30, A146. https://doi.org/10.1136/injuryprev-2024-SAFETY.350
8.    Mešić, A., Gyedu, A., Stewart, B., Nakua, E., & Donkor, P. (2024). 715 Improving initial management of the injured at Ghanaian district and regional hospitals with a trauma intake form: Implementation outcomes. Injury Prevention, 30, A148. https://doi.org/10.1136/injuryprev-2024-SAFETY.355
9.    Mešić, A., Damsere-Derry, J., Feldacker, C., Larley, J., Opoku, I., Wuaku, D., Afram, M., Ekuban, E., Mooney, S., Gyedu, A., Mock, C., Kitali, A., Wagenaar, B., Osei-Ampofo, M., & Stewart, B. (2024). Geospatial analysis of injury severity on major roads in Ghana (2017–2020): Implications for targeted injury prevention and control initiatives. Injury Prevention. https://doi.org/10.1136/ip-2024-045270
10.    Mešić, A., Damsere-Derry, J., Feldacker, C., Mooney, S., Gyedu, A., Mock, C., Kitali, A., Wagenaar, B., Wuaku, D., Afram, M., Larley, J., Opoku, I., Ekuban, E., Osei-Ampofo, M., & Stewart, B. (2024). Identifying emerging hot spots of road traffic injury severity using spatiotemporal methods: Longitudinal analyses on major roads in Ghana from 2005 to 2020. BMC Public Health, 24. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-18915-
11.    Mešić, A., Stewart, B., Opoku, I., Wagenaar, B., Mohammed, B., Sulemana, A.-M., Jmaileh, M., Damsere-Derry, J., Gyedu, A., Mock, C., Kitali, A., Wuaku, D., Afram, M., & Feldacker, C. (2024). “We are pleading for the government to do more”: Road user perspectives on the magnitude, contributing factors, and potential solutions to road traffic injuries and deaths in Ghana. PLOS ONE, 19, e0300458. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0300458
12.    Dönmez, A., Goswami, A., Raheja, A., Bhadani, A., Kady, A., Alniemi, A., Awad, A., Aladl, A., Younis, A., Alwali, A., Khalil, A., Mansour, A., Elkhouly, A. M., Temerik, A., Hasan, A., Chied, A., Abdraba, A., Hrora, A., Abdelshafi, A., & Dauk, Z. (2024). Access to and quality of elective care: A prospective cohort study using hernia surgery as a tracer condition in 83 countries. The Lancet Global Health, 12, e1094–e1103. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(24)00142-6
13.    Gyedu, A., Issaka, A., Donkor, P., & Mock, C. (2024). Assessment and reassessment of injured patients at non-tertiary hospitals in Ghana: A stepped-wedge cluster randomized trial. African Journal of Emergency Medicine, 14, 122–127. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.afjem.2024.05.001
14.    Agoubi, L., Issaka, A., Sulaiman, S., & Gyedu, A. (2024). Experiences of injured patients referred to higher levels of care after initial assessment and management at non-tertiary hospitals in Ghana. African Journal of Emergency Medicine, 14, 109–114. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.afjem.2024.04.001
15.    Gyedu, A., Loglo, L., Ablorh, K., Brobbey-Kyei, I., Donkor, P., & Mock, C. (2024). Improvement in quality of trauma care at non-tertiary hospitals in Ghana during on-hours and off-hours with a trauma intake form: A stepped-wedge cluster randomized trial. Injury, 55, 111569. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.injury.2024.111569
16.    Hardcastle, T., Gyedu, A., Doherty, G., & Wren, S. (2024). Editorial commentary and call for papers Humanitarian surgery in conflict zones. World Journal of Surgery, 48. https://doi.org/10.1002/wjs.12119
17.    Gyedu, A., Amponsah-Manu, F., Awuku, K., Ameyaw, E., Korankye, K., Donkor, P., & Mock, C. (2024). Differences in trauma care between district and regional hospitals and impact of a trauma intake form with decision support prompts in Ghana: A stepped-wedge cluster randomized trial. World Journal of Surgery, 48. https://doi.org/10.1002/wjs.12082
18.    Gyedu, A., & Mensah, S. (2024). Call on the academic publishing industry to provide equitable access to their journals. Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open, 9, e001361. https://doi.org/10.1136/tsaco-2024-001361
19.    Gyedu, A., & Mensah, S. (2024). Call on the academic publishing industry to provide equitable access to their journals. Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open, 9, e001361. https://doi.org/10.1136/tsaco-2024-001361
20.    Gyedu, A., Issaka, A., Baffour Appiah, A., Donkor, P., & Mock, C. (2023). Care of injured children compared to adults at district and regional hospitals in Ghana and the impact of a trauma intake form: A stepped-wedge cluster randomized trial. Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 59. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2023.12.001
21.    van Duinen, A., & Gyedu, A. (2023). Task shifting and task sharing to strengthen the surgical workforce in Sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review of the existing literature. World Journal of Surgery, 47. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-023-07228-6
22.    Gyedu, A., Stewart, B., Nakua, E., & Donkor, P. (2023). Standardized trauma intake form with clinical decision support prompts improves care and reduces mortality for seriously injured patients in non-tertiary hospitals in Ghana: Stepped-wedge cluster randomized trial. The British Journal of Surgery, 110. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjs/znad253
23.    Mešić, A., Damsere-Derry, J., Gyedu, A., Mock, C., Lar, J., Opoku, I., Wuaku, D., Kitali, A., Osei-Ampofo, M., Donkor, P., & Stewart, B. (2023). Generating consensus on road safety issues and priorities in Ghana: A modified Delphi approach. Injury, 54. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.injury.2023.04.052
24.    Wild, H., Marfo, C., Mock, C., Gaarder, T., Gyedu, A., Wallis, L., Makasa, E., Hagander, L., Reynolds, T., Hardcastle, T., Jewell, T., & Stewart, B. (2023). Operative trauma courses: A scoping review to inform the development of a trauma surgery course for low-resource settings. World Journal of Surgery, 47. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-023-06985-8
25.    edey, F., & Gyedu, A. (2023). Inspirational women in surgery: Prof. Afua A. J. Hesse, paediatric surgeon, Ghana. World Journal of Surgery, 47. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-023-06929-2
26.    Mešić, A., Damsere-Derry, J., Gyedu, A., Mock, C., Larley, J., Opoku, I., Hardy-Wuaku, D., Kitali, A., Osei-Ampofo, M., Donkor, P., & Stewart, B. (2023). Generating consensus on road safety issues and priorities in Ghana: A modified Delphi approach. SSRN Electronic Journal. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4329859
27.    Gyedu, A. (2022). Trauma intake form. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.26759.47529
28.    Mešić, A., Gyedu, A., Mehta, K., Goodman, S., Mock, C., Quansah, R., Donkor, P., & Stewart, B. (2022). Factors contributing to and reducing delays in the provision of adequate care in Ghana: A qualitative study of trauma care providers. World Journal of Surgery, 46. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-022-06686-8
29.    Jumbam, D., Amoako, E., Blankson, P.-K., Xepoleas, M., Said, S., Nyavor, E., Gyedu, A., Ampomah, O., & Kanmounye, U. S. (2022). The state of surgery, obstetrics, trauma, and anaesthesia care in Ghana: A narrative review. Global Health Action, 15, Article 2104301. https://doi.org/10.1080/16549716.2022.2104301
30.    Gyedu, A., & Agbedinu, K. (2022). Brachial artery pseudo-aneurysm in a toddler due to penetrating trauma. Postgraduate Medical Journal of Ghana, 2(1), 44–46. https://doi.org/10.60014/pmjg.v2i1.27
31.    Gyedu, A., Mehta, K., Baidoo, H., Addo, D., Abdullah, M., Mešić, A., Samosorn, A., Cancio, L., Nakarmi, K., & Stewart, B. (2022). Preferences for oral rehydration drinks among healthy individuals in Ghana: A single-blind, cross-sectional survey to inform implementation of an enterally based resuscitation protocol for burn injury. Burns, 49. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.burns.2022.05.016
32.    Boateng, E., Gyedu, A., Aitpillah, F., Gyasi-Sarpong, K., Afia, N., & Boateng, N. (2022). A randomised controlled trial comparing the quality of life after polypropylene mesh repair of inguinal hernia to nylon darn repair at St. Luke Hospital, Kasei-Ghana. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.27482.62401
33.    Gyedu, A., Quainoo, E., Nakua, E., Donkor, P., & Mock, C. (2022). Achievement of key performance indicators in initial assessment and care of injured patients in Ghanaian non-tertiary hospitals: An observational study. World Journal of Surgery, 46. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-022-06507-y
34.    Glasbey, J., Moore, R., Ademuyiwa, A., Adisa, A., Biccard, B., Chakrabortee, S., Ghosh, D., Harrison, E., Jones, C., Lapitan, M. C., Lawani, I., Morton, D., Ntirenganya, F., Maimbo, M., Martin, J., Maxwell, A., Nepogodiev, D., Ramos-De la Medina, A., Gyedu, A. & Ziblim, S.-D. (2022). Global guidelines for emergency general surgery: Systematic review and Delphi prioritization process. BJS Open, 6, zrac005. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsopen/zrac005
35.    Butler, E., Gyedu, A., Stewart, B., Quansah, R., Donkor, P., & Mock, C. (2021). Nationwide enumeration of emergency operations performed in Ghana. European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, 47. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00068-019-01276-
36.    Gyedu, A., Stewart, B., Otupiri, E., Mehta, K., Donkor, P., & Mock, C. (2021). Incidence of childhood injuries and modifiable household risk factors in rural Ghana: A multistage, cluster-randomised, population-based, household survey. BMJ Open, 11, e039243. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-039243
37.    Gaskill, C., Gyedu, A., Stewart, B., Quansah, R., Donkor, P., & Mock, C. (2021). Improving global surgical oncology benchmarks: Defining the unmet need for cancer surgery in Ghana. World Journal of Surgery, 45. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-021-06197-y
38.    Gyedu, A., Boakye, G., Quansah, R., Donkor, P., & Mock, C. (2021). Unintentional falls among children in rural Ghana and associated factors: A cluster-randomized, population-based household survey. Pan African Medical Journal, 38. https://doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2021.38.401.28313
39.    Sharma, A., Duc, N., Tai, L., Hai Nam, N., Ng, S. J., Nguyen, H., Marusic, A., Paul, C., Kwok, J., Karbwang, J., Waure, C., Drummond, F., Kizawa, Y., Taal, E., Vermeulen, J., Lee, G., Gyedu, A., To, K., & Karamouzian, M. (2021). A consensus-based checklist for reporting of survey studies (CROSS). Journal of General Internal Medicine, 36. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-021-06737-1
40.    Sharma, A., Trần, M., Tai, L., Hai Nam, N., Ng, S. J., Nguyen, H., Marusic, A., Paul, C., Kwok, J., Karbwang, J., Waure, C., Drummond, F., Kizawa, Y., Taal, E., Vermeulen, J., Lee, G., Gyedu, A., To, K., & Karamouzian, M. (2021). Checklist for Reporting Survey Studies (CROSS). Journal of General Internal Medicine. (Advance online publication)
41.    Stewart, B., Gyedu, A., Otupiri, E., Nakua, E., Boakye, G., Mehta, K., Donkor, P., & Mock, C. (2021). Comparison of childhood household injuries and risk factors between urban and rural communities in Ghana: A cluster-randomized, population-based, survey to inform injury prevention research and programming. Injury, 52, Article 104050. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.injury.2021.04.050
42.    Knight, S., Shaw, C., Pius, R., Drake, T., Norman, L., Ademuyiwa, A., Aguilera, M., Al-Saqqa, S., Al-Slaibi, I., Bhangu, A., Biccard, B., Brocklehurst, P., Costas-Chavarri, A., Chu, K., Dare, A., Elhadi, M., Fairfield, C., Fitzgerald, J. E., & Srinivas, A. (2021). Global variation in postoperative mortality and complications after cancer surgery: A multicentre, prospective cohort study in 82 countries. The Lancet, 397(10272), 387–397. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(21)00001-5
43.    Gyedu, A., Goodman, S., Quansah, R., Osei-Ampofo, M., Donkor, P., & Mock, C. (2021). Assessing the appropriateness of blood transfusion among injured patients at a Ghanaian tertiary hospital: Time for clarity on the use of a scarce resource. Injury, 52, [Article number not specified]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.injury.2021.01.028
44.    Boakye, G., Gyedu, A., Stewart, M., Donkor, P., Mock, C., & Stewart, B. (2021). Assessment of local supply chains and stock management practices for trauma care resources in Ghana: A comparative small sample cross-sectional study. BMC Health Services Research, 21, 66. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-021-06063-6
45.    Gyedu, A., Goodman, S., Katz, M., Quansah, R., Stewart, B., Donkor, P., & Mock, C. (2020). National health insurance and surgical care for injured people, Ghana. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 98, 869–877. https://doi.org/10.2471/BLT.20.255315
46.    Gyedu, A., Stewart, B., Otupiri, E., Donkor, P., & Mock, C. (2020). First aid practices for injured children in rural Ghana: A cluster-random population-based survey. Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, 36(1), 1–7. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1049023X20001430
47.    Stewart, B., Gyedu, A., Goodman, S., Boakye, G., Scott, J., Donkor, P., & Mock, C. (2020). Injured and broke: The impacts of the Ghana National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) on service delivery and catastrophic health expenditure among seriously injured children. African Journal of Emergency Medicine, 11, Article 100373. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.afjem.2020.09.013
48.    Mehta, K., Gyedu, A., Otupiri, E., Donkor, P., Mock, C., & Stewart, B. (2020). Incidence of childhood burn injuries and modifiable household risk factors in rural Ghana: A cluster-randomized, population-based, household survey. Burns, 47, Article 1029–1035. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.burns.2020.09.001
49.    Gyedu, A., Katz, M., Quansah, R., Stewart, B., Donkor, P., & Mock, C. (2020). Appendix. Sensitivity analyses2 [Data set]. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.23055.00164
50.    Gyedu, A., Stewart, B., Wadie, R., Antwi, J., Donkor, P., & Mock, C. (2020). Population-based rates of hernia surgery in Ghana. Hernia, 24, Article 10.1007/s10029-019-02027-2. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10029-019-02027-2
51.    Gyedu, A., Stewart, B., Gaskill, C., Salia, E., Wadie, R., Abantanga, F., Donkor, P., & Mock, C. (2020). A nationwide enumeration of operations performed for pediatric patients in Ghana. European Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 31. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0040-1705130
52.    Boakye, G., Gyedu, A., Stewart, M., Donkor, P., Mock, C., & Stewart, B. (2020). Assessment of local supply chains and stock management practices for trauma care resources in Ghana: A comparative cross-sectional study. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-19987/v1
53.    Johnston, L. E., Stewart, B. T., Yangni Angate, K. H., Veller, M., Upchurch Jr., G. R., & Gyedu, A., (2016). Peripheral arterial disease in sub Saharan Africa: A review. JAMA Surgery, 151(6), 564–572. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamasurg.2016.0446
54.    Mehta, K., Gyedu, A., Mock, C., & Stewart, B. (2020). 59 Annual incidence of childhood burn injuries and prevalence of household risk factors in rural Ghana: A population-based cluster-randomized survey. Journal of Burn Care & Research, 41(Supplement 1), S39–S39. https://doi.org/10.1093/jbcr/iraa024.063
55.    Katz, M., Tabiri, S., Gyedu, A., Price, R., & Abantanga, F. (2019). Patient Experience and Outcomes of the Locally Organized ApriDec Medical Outreach Group. World Journal of Surgery, 44. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-019-05288-1
56.    Gyedu, A., Lester, L., Stewart, B., Danso, K., Salia, E., Quansah, R., Donkor, P., & Mock, C. (2019). Estimating obstetric and gynecologic surgical rate: A benchmark of surgical capacity building in Ghana. International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, 148. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijgo.13019
57.    Gyedu, A., Stewart, B., Gaskill, C., Donkor, P., Quansah, R., & Mock, C. (2019). Benchmarking global trauma care: Defining the unmet need for trauma surgery in Ghana. Journal of Surgical Research, 247. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jss.2019.10.013
58.    Gyedu, A., Stewart, B., Gaskill, C., Salia, E., Wadie, R., Donkor, P., & Mock, C. (2019). Enumeration of operations performed for elderly patients in Ghana: An opportunity to improve global surgery benchmarking. World Journal of Surgery, 43. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-019-04963-7
59.    Gyedu, A., Katz, M., Agbedinu, K., Donkor, P., & Mock, C. (2019). Antibiotics for Groin Hernia Repair According to Evidence-Based Guidelines: Time for Action in Ghana. Journal of Surgical Research, 238, 90–95. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jss.2019.01.040
60.    Thomas, H., Weiser, T., Drake, T. M., Knight, S. R., Fairfield, C., Ademuyiwa, A., Aguilera, M., Alexander, P., Al-Saqqa, S. W., Borda-Luque, G., Costas-Chavarri, A., Faustin, N., Fitzgerald, J. E., Fergusson, S., Glasbey, J., Ingabire, J. C. A., Ismail, L., Salem, H. K., Kojo, A. T. T., & Ye Tay, J. (2019). Pooled Analysis of WHO Surgical safety checklist use and mortality after emergency laparotomy. British Journal of Surgery, 106.
61.    Gyedu, A., Debrah, S., Agbedinu, K., Goodman, S., Plange-Rhule, J., Donkor, P., & Mock, C. (2018). In-country training by the Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons: An initiative that has aided surgeon retention and distribution in Ghana. World Journal of Surgery, 43. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-018-4840-2
62.    Donkor, I., Gyedu, A., Edusei, A., Ebel, B., & Donkor, P. (2018). Mobile phone use among commercial drivers in Ghana: An important threat to road safety. Ghana Medical Journal, 52(3), 122–126. https://doi.org/10.4314/gmj.v52i3.3
63.    Gyedu, A., Gaskill, C., Agbedinu, K., Salazar, D., & Kingham, T. (2018). Surgical oncology at a major referral center in Ghana: Burden, staging, and outcomes. Journal of Surgical Oncology, 118(2). https://doi.org/10.1002/jso.25168
64.    Tessler, R., Stadeli, K., Chadbunchachai, W., Gyedu, A., Lagrone, L., Reynolds, T., Rubiano Escobar, A., & Mock, C. (2018). Utilization of injury care case studies: A systematic review of the World Health Organization's "Strengthening care for the injured: Success stories and lessons learned from around the world". Injury, 49(10). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.injury.2018.08.013
65.    Stewart, B., Gyedu, A., Gaskill, C., Boakye, G., Quansah, R., Donkor, P., Volmink, J., & Mock, C. (2018). Exploring the relationship between surgical capacity and output in Ghana: Current capacity assessments may not tell the whole story. World Journal of Surgery, 42(8). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-018-4589-7
66.    Bhangu, A., Ademuyiwa, A., Aguilera, M., Alexander, P., Saqqa, S., Luque, G., Chavarri, A., Drake, T., Ntirenganya, F., Fitzgerald, J. E., Fergusson, S., Glasbey, J., Ingabire, A., Lawani, I., Salem, H., Anyomih, T., Lapitan, M. C., Lilford, R., Mihaljevic, A., & Abdulaziz, D. (2018). Surgical site infection after gastrointestinal surgery in high-income, middle-income, and low-income countries: A prospective, international, multicentre cohort study. The Lancet Infectious Diseases. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(18)30101-4
67.    Gyedu, A. (2017). The brain drain myth: Retention of specialist surgical graduates in East, Central and Southern Africa 1974–2013. World Journal of Surgery, 41. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-017-4315-x
68.    LaGrone, L., Fuhs, A., Huaman, E., Langdale, L., Fuangworawong, P., Hamasaki, J., Gyedu, A., & Mock, C. (2017). Correction to: A global assessment of access to and use of medical information: The state of evidence-based surgery. World Journal of Surgery, 42. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-017-4305-z
69.    Gaskill, C., Gyedu, A., Stewart, B., Boakye, G., Donkor, P., Quansah, R., & Mock, C. (2017). Benchmarking global surgical oncology: Defining the unmet need for cancer surgery in Ghana. Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 225(4, Suppl 1), S98. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2017.07.215
70.    Gyedu, A., Gaskill, C., Boakye, G., Abdulai, A.-R., Anderson, B., & Stewart, B. (2017). Differences in perception of breast cancer among Muslim and Christian women in Ghana. Journal of Global Oncology, 4, JGO.2017.009910. https://doi.org/10.1200/JGO.2017.009910
71.    Gyedu, A., Stewart, B., Gaskill, C., Boakye, G., Appiah-Denkyira, E., Donkor, P., Quansah, R., & Mock, C. (2018). Improving benchmarks for global surgery: Nationwide enumeration of operations performed in Ghana. Annals of Surgery, 268(1). https://doi.org/10.1097/SLA.0000000000002457
72.    Gyedu, A., Gaskill, C., Boakye, G., & Abantanga, F. (2017). Cost-effectiveness of a locally organized surgical outreach mission: Making a case for strengthening local non-governmental organizations. World Journal of Surgery, 41, Article 4131. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-017-4131-3
73.    Gyedu, A., Gaskill, C., Boakye, G., Anderson, B., & Stewart, B. (2017). Perceptions of breast cancer among Muslim women in Ghana: An opportunity for targeted breast health education in Sub-Saharan Africa. Annals of Global Health, 83, 81. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aogh.2017.03.178
74.    Gyedu, A., Boakye, G., Dally, C., Agbeko, A., Abantanga, F., & Stewart, B. (2017). Assessment of barriers to essential surgical care in two communities in the Upper West Region, Ghana. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 28(1), 175–190. https://doi.org/10.1353/hpu.2017.0016
75.    Yang, J., Mohamed, E., Aziz, A., Shousha, H., Hashem, M., Mahmoud, M., Abdelmaksoud, A. H. K., Babatunde, M., Duduyemi, B., Ayawin, J., Gyedu, A., Lohouès-Kouacou, M.-J., Ndam, A., Moustafa, F., Hassany, S., Moussa, A., Ugiagbe, R., Omuemu, C., Anthony, R., & Roberts, L. (2017). Characteristics, management, and outcomes of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma in Africa: A Multicountry observational study from the Africa Liver Cancer Consortium.
76.    Stewart, B., Gyedu, A., Tansley, G., Konadu-Yeboah, D., Amponsah-Manu, F., Mock, C., Labi-Addo, W., & Quansah, R. (2016). Orthopaedic trauma care capacity assessment and strategic planning in Ghana: Mapping a way forward. The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 98(23), e104. https://doi.org/10.2106/JBJS.15.01299
77.    Yang, J., Abdelaziz, A., Nabeel, M., Shousha, H., Abdelmaksoud, A. H. K., Hashem, M., Elbaz, T., Afihene, M., Duduyemi, B., Ayawin, J., Gyedu, A., Kouakou-Lohoues, M.-J., Moustafa, E., Hassany, S., Moussa, A., Ugiagbe, R., Anthony, R., Palmer, D., Nyanga, A., & Roberts, L. (2016). Clinical characteristics, management, and outcomes of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma in Africa: Multi-country study from the Africa Liver Cancer Consortium. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.32558.72004
78.    Tansley, G., Stewart, B., Gyedu, A., Boakye, G., Lewis, D., Hoogerboord, M., & Mock, C. (2016). The correlation between poverty and access to essential surgical care in Ghana: A geospatial analysis. World Journal of Surgery, 41. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-016-3765-x 
79.    Gyedu, A., Agbedinu, K., Dalwai, M., Osei-Ampofo, M., Nakua, E., Oteng, R., & Stewart, B. (2016). Triage capabilities of medical trainees in Ghana using the South African Triage Scale: An opportunity to improve emergency care. Pan African Medical Journal, 24. https://doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2016.24.294.8728
80.    Stewart, B., Gyedu, A., Giannou, C., Mishra, B., Rich, N., Wren, S., Mock, C., & Harris, M. (2016). Consensus recommendations for essential vascular care in low- and middle-income countries. Journal of Vascular Surgery, 64. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvs.2016.05.046
81.    Gyedu, A., Abantanga, F., Boakye, G., Gupta, S., Otupiri, E., Agbeko, A., & Stewart, B. (2016). Barriers to essential surgical care experienced by women in the two northernmost regions of Ghana: A cross-sectional survey. BMC Women's Health, 16. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12905-016-0308-4
82.    Johnston, L., Stewart, B., Yangni-Angate, K. H., Veller, M., Upchurch, G., & Gyedu, A. (2016). Peripheral arterial disease in sub-Saharan Africa: A review. JAMA Surgery, 151. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamasurg.2016.0446
83.    Yang, J., Okeke, E., Duguru, M., Afihene, M., Duduyemi, B., Micah, E., Gyedu, A., Kouakou-Lohoues, M.-J., Malu, A., Obekpa, S., Mustapha, S., Otegbayo, J., Omonisi, A., Ajayi, A., Okonkwo, U., Kooffreh-Ada, M., Palmer, D., Debes, J., Onyekwere, C., & Roberts, L. (2016). Mo1510 Prognosis of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma is extremely poor in African country. Gastroenterology, 150, S1135–S1136. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0016-5085(16)33832-X
84.    Kazerooni, Y., Gyedu, A., Burnham, G., Nwomeh, B., Charles, A., Mishra, B., Kuah, S., & Stewart, B. (2016). Fires in refugee and displaced persons settlements: The current situation and opportunities to improve fire prevention and control. Burns, 42. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.burns.2015.11.008
85.    Gyedu, A., Stewart, B., & Nakua, E. (2016). Assessment of population risk of peripheral artery disease and of vascular care capacity in Ghana: Demonstrating the collision of a growing non-communicable disease burden and unready surgical capacity. British Journal of Surgery, 103, 51–59.
86.    Gyedu, A., Stewart, B., Mock, C., Otupiri, E., Nakua, E., Donkor, P., & Ebel, B. (2015). Prevalence of preventable household risk factors for childhood burn injury in semi-urban Ghana: A population-based survey. Burns, 42. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.burns.2015.11.004
87.    Gyedu, A., Stewart, B., Nakua, E., Quansah, R., Donkor, P., Mock, C., Hardy, M., & Yangni-Angate, K. H. (2015). Assessment of risk of peripheral vascular disease and vascular care capacity in low- and middle-income countries. The British Journal of Surgery, 103. https://doi.org/10.1002/bjs.9956
88.    Yang, J., Gyedu, A., Afihene, M., Duduyemi, B., Micah, E., Kingham, T., Nyirenda, M., Agyei-Nkansah, A., Bandoh, S., Duguru, M., Okeke, E., Kouakou-Lohoues, M.-J., Abdo, A., Awuku, Y., Ajayi, A., Omonisi, A., Ocama, P., Malu, A., Mustapha, S., & Roberts, L. (2015). Hepatocellular carcinoma occurs at an earlier age in Africans, particularly in association with chronic hepatitis B. The American Journal of Gastroenterology, 110(11), 1629–1631. https://doi.org/10.1038/ajg.2015.289
89.    Stewart, B., Quansah, R., Gyedu, A., Boakye, G., Abantanga, F., Ankomah, J., Donkor, P., & Mock, C. (2015). Serial assessment of trauma care capacity in Ghana in 2004 and 2014. JAMA Surgery, 151(1), 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamasurg.2015.3648
90.    Stewart, B., Gyedu, A., Quansah, R., Addo, W., Afoko, A., Agbenorku, P., Amponsah-Manu, F., Ankomah, J., Appiah-Denkyira, E., Baffoe, P., Debrah, S., Donkor, P., Dorvlo, T., Japiong, K., Morna, M., Ofosu, A., Oppong-Nketia, V., Tabiri, S., & Mock, C. (2015). District-level hospital trauma care audit filters: Delphi technique for defining context-appropriate indicators for quality improvement initiative evaluation in developing countries. Injury, 47, Article 10.1016/j.injury.2015.09.007. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.injury.2015.09.007
91.    Gyedu, A., Abantanga, F., Kyei, I., Boakye, G., & Stewart, B. (2015). Changing epidemiology of intestinal obstruction in Ghana: Signs of increasing surgical capacity and an aging population. Digestive Surgery, 32(5), 389–396. https://doi.org/10.1159/000438798
92.    Gyedu, A., Fugar, S., Price, R., & Bingener, J. (2015). Patient perceptions about laparoscopy at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Ghana. Pan African Medical Journal, 20, Article 422. https://doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2015.20.422.6218
93.    Stewart, B., Gyedu, A., Agbenorku, P., Amankwa, R., & Gibran, N. (2015). Routine systemic antibiotic prophylaxis for burn injuries in developing countries: A best evidence topic (BET). International Journal of Surgery, 21, Article 112–115. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijsu.2015.08.002
94.    Stewart, B., Gyedu, A., Abantanga, F., Abdulai, A.-R., & Boakye, G. (2015). Barriers to essential surgical care in low- and middle-income countries: A pilot study of a comprehensive assessment tool in Ghana. World Journal of Surgery, 39, Article 2613–2621. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-015-3168-4
95.    Stewart, B., Quansah, R., Gyedu, A., Ankomah, J., Donkor, P., & Mock, C. (2015). Strategic assessment of trauma care capacity in Ghana. World Journal of Surgery, 39, Article 2428–2434. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-015-3132-3
96.    Stewart, B., Tansley, G., Gyedu, A., Ofosu, A., Donkor, P., Appiah-Denkyira, E., Quansah, R., Clarke, D., Volmink, J., & Mock, C. (2015). Mapping population-level spatial access to essential surgical care in Ghana using availability of bellwether procedures. JAMA Surgery, 151. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamasurg.2016.1239
97.    Gyedu, A., Mock, C., Nakua, E., Otupiri, E., Donkor, P., & Ebel, B. (2015). Pediatric first aid practices in Ghana: A population-based survey. World Journal of Surgery, 39. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-015-3061-1
98.    Yang, J., Kingham, T., Gyedu, A., Malu, A. O., Nyirenda, M., Ocama, P., Onyekwere, C., Awuku, Y., Bandoh, S., Agyei-Nkansah, A., Duguru, M., Roberts, L., & Okeke, E. (2015). 582 Hepatocellular carcinoma occurs at an earlier age in Africans, particularly in association with chronic hepatitis B. Gastroenterology, 148(4, Suppl 1), S985. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0016-5085(15)33367-9
99.    Gyedu, A., Baah, E., Boakye, G., Yeboah, O., Otupiri, E., & Stewart, B. (2015). Quality of referrals for elective surgery at a tertiary care hospital in a developing country: An opportunity for improving timely access to and cost-effectiveness of surgical care. International Journal of Surgery, 15, [Article ePub]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijsu.2015.01.033
100.    Ankomah, J., Stewart, B., Oppong-Nketia, V., Adofo, K., Gyedu, A., Quansah, R., Donkor, P., Abantanga, F., & Mock, C. (2015). Strategic assessment of the availability of pediatric trauma care equipment, technology and supplies in Ghana. Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 50, [Article ePub]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2015.03.047
101.    Gyedu, A., Yifieyeh, A., Nimako, B., Amoah, M., & Abantanga, F. (2015). Intestinal obstruction in older children in Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital: A tertiary referral centre in Kumasi, Ghana. Annals of Pediatric Surgery, 11(1), 7–12. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.XPS.0000455090.05043.54
102.    Gyedu, A., Adae-Aboagye, K., & Badu-Peprah, A. (2015). Prevalence of cholelithiasis among persons undergoing abdominal ultrasound at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana. African Health Sciences, 15(1), 246. https://doi.org/10.4314/ahs.v15i1.32
103.    Gyedu, A., Shrauner, W., & Kingham, T. (2014). No patients to resect or transplant: An analysis of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma admitted to a major African referral hospital. World Journal of Surgery, 39, Article 2762. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-014-2762-1
104.    Gyedu, A., & Yorke, J. (2014). Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy in the patient population of Kumasi, Ghana: Indications and findings. The Pan African Medical Journal, 18, 327. https://doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2014.18.327.4806
105.    Gyedu, A., Nakua, E., Otupiri, E., Mock, C., Donkor, P., & Ebel, B. (2014). Incidence, characteristics and risk factors for household and neighborhood injury among young children in semi-urban Ghana: A population-based household survey. Injury Prevention, 21, Article injuryprev-2013-040950. https://doi.org/10.1136/injuryprev-2013-040950
106.    Gyedu, A. (2014, April 4). Patient perceptions about laparoscopy at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Ghana.
107.    Gyedu, A., Bingener, J., Dally, C., Oppong, J., Price, R., & Reid-Lombardo, K. (2014). Starting a laparoscopic surgery programme in the second largest teaching hospital in Ghana. East African Medical Journal, 91, 133–137.
108.    Shrauner, W. R., Gyedu, A., & Kingham, T. P. (2014). Characteristics of patients with primary liver cancer at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Ghana. Journal of Surgical Research, 186, 501. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jss.2013.11.150
109.    Gyedu, A. (2012). Giant solitary neurofibroma in the gluteal area of a patient without neurofibromatosis. East African Medical Journal, 89, 34–36.
110.    Gyedu, A., Arslan, E., & Koksoy, C. (2011). Hand ischemia caused by solitary humeral exostosis irritating the brachial artery. VASA. Zeitschrift für Gefässkrankheiten, 40, 320–322. https://doi.org/10.1024/0301-1526/a000122
111.    Koksoy, C., Gyedu, A., Alacayir, I., Bengisun, U., Uncu, H., & Anadol, E. (2011). Surgical treatment of peripheral aneurysms in patients with Behçet's disease. European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, 42, 525–530. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejvs.2011.05.010
112.    Gyedu, A., Koksoy, C., Hazinedaroglu, S. M., Ulus, A., & Yerdel, M. A. (2010). Interim results of a new heparin bonded polycarbonate/urethane “vascular access” graft: A prospective trial. Chirurgia, 23, 231–234.
113.    Gyedu, A., Damah, M., Baidoo, P. K., & Yorke, J. (2010). Congenital transmesenteric defect causing bowel strangulation in an adult. Hernia: The Journal of Hernias and Abdominal Wall Surgery, 14, 643–645. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10029-009-0600-4
114.    Gyedu, A., Reich, S., & Hoyte-Williams, P. E. (2010). Gastrointestinal stromal tumour presenting acutely as gastroduodenal intussusception. Acta Chirurgica Belgica, 111, 327–328. https://doi.org/10.1080/00015458.2011.11680764
115.    Cakmak, A., Gyedu, A., Kepenekci, I., Ozcan, C., & Unal, A. (2010). Colon perforation caused by migration of a bone graft following a posterior lumbosacral interbody fusion operation. Spine, 35(3), E84–E85. https://doi.org/10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181bb1bf2
116.    Cakmak, A., Gyedu, A., Akyol, C., Kepenekci, I., & Koksoy, C. (2009). Occlusion of the celiac trunk, the inferior mesenteric artery, and stenosis of the superior mesenteric artery in peripheral thrombangiitis obliterans. VASA: Zeitschrift für Gefässkrankheiten. Journal for Vascular Diseases, 38(4), 394–396. https://doi.org/10.1024/0301-1526.38.4.394
117.    Gyedu, A., Kepenekci, I., Alic, B., & Akyar, S. (2009). Evaluation of muscle atrophy after axillary lymph node dissection. Acta Chirurgica Belgica, 109(2), 209–215. https://doi.org/10.1080/00015458.2009.11680407
118.    Gyedu, A., Karakoyun, R., Baltaci, S., Yağci, C., & Koksoy, C. (2008). Surgical repair of a giant renal artery aneurysm: A case report. European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, 36(2), 131–133. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejvs.2008.01.016
119.    Gyedu, A., & Koksoy, C. (2008). Aortoiliac occlusive disease in the presence of a horseshoe kidney: A case report. Annals of Vascular Surgery, 22(2), 290–292. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.avsg.2007.09.007
120.    Gyedu, A., & Koksoy, C. (2008). Lésions occlusives aorto-iliaques et rein en fer à cheval: Une observation. Annales de Chirurgie Vasculaire, 22(3), 315–317. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acvfr.2008.06.005
121.    Gyedu, A., & Koksoy, C. (2008). Enfermedad oclusiva aortoilíaca asociada a un riñón en herradura: Caso clínico. Anales de Cirugía Vascular, 22, Article e005. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acvsp.2008.05.013

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Kumasi Injury is a research collaboration between Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi Ghana and University of Washington (UW), Seattle USA. Its agenda is to strengthen injury control research in Ghana and West Africa. The program is solidly grounded on a history of collaboration in injury research, which started in 1995 and has received funding through Fogarty International Center (FIC), National Institutes of Health (NIH), USA since 2006.

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