Nombre d’interventions chirurgicales (pour 100 000 hab.)
The number of procedures undertaken in an operating theatre per 100,000 population per year in each country. A procedure is defined as the incision, excision, or manipulation of tissue that needs regional or general anaesthesia, or profound sedation to control pain.
Commission Lancet sur la chirurgie mondiale (www.lancetglobalsurgery.org).