title: Building surgical capacity in developing countries: lessons from Haiti and Honduras.
abstract: The unmet burden of surgical disease in developing countries is large and growing. We successfully initiated two surgical field hospitals in austere environments. Similar problems were encountered in the areas of facility development, operations, and social considerations. A literature review was performed to contextualize our experience and compare it with that of others.
authors.forename: Daniel G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Hottinger
authors.forename: Bhavesh M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.forename: Richard L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Frechette
authors.forename: Wynn
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Walent
authors.forename: Marc E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Augustin
authors.forename: Peter J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Daly
mesh_terms: D057191:Capacity Building; D003906:Developing Countries; D006205:Haiti; D006275:Health Facility Planning; D006721:Honduras; D006801:Humans; D008952:Mobile Health Units; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*