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  1. The African Critical Illness Outcomes Study (ACIOS): a point prevalence study of critical illness in 22 nations in Africa

    Article • The Lancet, March 2025, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky

  2. Outcomes after surgery for children in Africa (ASOS-Paeds): a 14-day prospective observational cohort study

    Article • The Lancet, April 2024, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky

  3. Machine learning in action: Revolutionizing intracranial hematoma detection and patient transport decision-making

    Article • Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice, December 2023, Scientific Scholar

    Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky

  4. Pancreatic surgery outcomes: multicentre prospective snapshot study in 67 countries

    Article • BJS, November 2023, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Özgül Düzgün , Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky, Dr Ahmad Ozair, Shoukrie Shoukrie, Dimitrios Magouliotis

  5. Outcome of primary posterior tracheopexy in thoracoscopically repaired esophageal atresia neonates with tracheomalacia; single center's experience

    Article • Journal of Pediatric Surgery Open, October 2023, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky

  6. Exploring the cost-effectiveness of high versus low perioperative fraction of inspired oxygen in the prevention of surgical site infections among abdominal surgery patients in three low- and middle-income countries

    Article • BJA Open, September 2023, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky

  7. Reducing the environmental impact of surgery on a global scale: systematic review and co-prioritization with healthcare workers in 132 countries

    Article • BJS, April 2023, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof. Antonio Simone Laganà, Dr. Josep M Muñoz Vives, Muhammad Umar Younis, Dr Ahmad Ozair, Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky, Dr alberto maria saibene, Alfie J Kavalakat, Prof Marcello Migliore, Professor Gianluca Franceschini, Prof NDUBUISI ONYEMAECHI, Dr Rabea A Gadelkareem, Dimitrios Magouliotis, Justin Wormald, Shoukrie Shoukrie, Dr. Bruno Martinez-Leo, Professor Wim Ceelen, Khaled AL-Sayaghi, Dickon Hayne

  8. Comparative study of laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication versus Hill-Snow procedure for the treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease in children: a single-blinded randomized controlled trial

    Article • Annals of Pediatric Surgery, February 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky

  9. Outcomes after Surgery for Children in Africa a Fourteen-Day Prospective Observational Cohort Study (ASOS-Paeds)

    Article • January 2023, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky

  10. Postoperative outcomes associated with surgical care for women in Africa: an international risk-adjusted analysis of prospective observational cohorts

    Article • BJA Open, December 2022, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky

  11. Comparative study between one-stage versus three-stage repair of anorectal malformation with recto-vestibular fistula

    Article • Annals of Pediatric Surgery, November 2022, Egypts Presidential Specialized Council for Education and Scientific Research

    Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky

  12. Determining the Minimum Dataset for Surgical Patients in Africa: A Delphi Study

    Article • World Journal of Surgery, November 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky

  13. Elective surgery system strengthening: development, measurement, and validation of the surgical preparedness index across 1632 hospitals in 119 countries

    Article • The Lancet, November 2022, Elsevier

    Prof. Antonio Simone Laganà, Muhammad Umar Younis, Dr. Josep M Muñoz Vives, Dr Ahmad Ozair, Dr. Mahmoud A. Ebada, Dr Mohmmad Khursheed Alam, Dr Katerina Kasapinova, Dr alberto maria saibene, Alfie J Kavalakat, funlayo odejinmi, Prof Marcello Migliore, Professor Gianluca Franceschini, Prof NDUBUISI ONYEMAECHI, Francesco Di Marzo, Dr Rabea A Gadelkareem, Professor Calvin S.H. Ng, Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky, Dimitrios Magouliotis, Professor Badr Eldin Mostafa, Prof Marco Clementi, Dale Vimalachandran, Dr Tjokorda Gde Agung Senapathi

  14. Outcomes of gynecologic cancer surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic: an international, multicenter, prospective CovidSurg-Gynecologic Oncology Cancer study

    Article • American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, November 2022, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky, Dickon Hayne

  15. Twelve-month observational study of children with cancer in 41 countries during the COVID-19 pandemic

    Article • BMJ Global Health, October 2022, BMJ

    Dr Ahmad Ozair, Dr. Mahmoud A. Ebada, Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky, Professor Dr. Ashrarur Rahman Mitul

  16. Global economic burden of unmet surgical need for appendicitis

    Article • BJS, July 2022, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Mohammad Alherz, Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky

  17. Identification and validation of candidate risk genes in endocytic vesicular trafficking associated with esophageal atresia and tracheoesophageal fistulas

    Article • Human Genetics and Genomics Advances, July 2022, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky

  18. Use of Telemedicine for Postdischarge Assessment of the Surgical Wound

    Article • Annals of Surgery, June 2022, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky, Mohammad Alherz

  19. Nurses’ Priorities for Perioperative Research in Africa

    Article • Anesthesia & Analgesia, May 2022, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky

  20. Global multi-stakeholder endorsement of the MAFLD definition

    Article • The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology, May 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Feliciano C Paquissi, Professor Sandro Vento, Dr. Francesca Cainelli, Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky, Dr Arif Mansur Cosar, Dr Amalia Gastaldelli

  21. Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on patients with paediatric cancer in low-income, middle-income and high-income countries: a multicentre, international, observational cohort study

    Article • BMJ Open, April 2022, BMJ

    Dr. Mahmoud A. Ebada, Professor Dr. Ashrarur Rahman Mitul, Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky

  22. Mortality and pulmonary complications in emergency general surgery patients with COVID-19: A large international multicenter study

    Article • Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, February 2022, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky

  23. Impact of COVID-19 on vascular patients worldwide: analysis of the COVIDSurg data

    Article • The Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery, January 2022, Edizioni Minerva Medica

    Muhammad Umar Younis, Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky

  24. Death following pulmonary complications of surgery before and during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic

    Article • BJS, November 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Giovanni Domenico Tebala, Prof Marcello Migliore, Dr Ioannis Gkekas, Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky

  25. Global wealth disparities drive adherence to COVID-safe pathways in head and neck cancer surgery

    Article • BJS Open, November 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Fernando Cordera, Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky, Professor Orlando Guntinas-Lichius

  26. Impact of Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccination on postoperative mortality in patients with perioperative SARS-CoV-2 infection

    Article • BJS Open, November 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof Marcello Migliore, Joshua Totty, Dr. Josep M Muñoz Vives, Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky, Professor Dr. Ashrarur Rahman Mitul

  27. Resilience of elective cancer surgery systems during COVID-19 lockdowns: an international, multicentre, prospective cohort study

    Article • The Lancet, November 2021, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky

  28. Understanding the performance of a pan-African intervention to reduce postoperative mortality: a mixed-methods process evaluation of the ASOS-2 trial

    Article • British Journal of Anaesthesia, November 2021, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky, Shoukrie Shoukrie

  29. Effect of COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns on planned cancer surgery for 15 tumour types in 61 countries: an international, prospective, cohort study

    Article • The Lancet Oncology, October 2021, Elsevier

    Francesco Di Marzo, Professor Wim Ceelen, Fernando Cordera, Giovanni Domenico Tebala, Associate Professor of Digestive Surgery Ulysses Ribeiro Jr, Dr Fakher Rahim, Professor Eng H. Ooi, Prof Marcello Migliore, Dr Ioannis Gkekas, Professor Calvin S.H. Ng, Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky, Dickon Hayne

  30. Enhanced postoperative surveillance versus standard of care to reduce mortality among adult surgical patients in Africa (ASOS-2): a cluster-randomised controlled trial

    Article • The Lancet Global Health, October 2021, Elsevier

    Dr George Duke Mukoro, Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky, Shoukrie Shoukrie

  31. Rare and de novo variants in 827 congenital diaphragmatic hernia probands implicate LONP1 as candidate risk gene

    Article • The American Journal of Human Genetics, October 2021, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky

  32. SARS‐CoV‐2 infection and venous thromboembolism after surgery: an international prospective cohort study

    Article • Anaesthesia, August 2021, Wiley

    Dr. Mahmoud A. Ebada, Francesco Di Marzo, Dr Ahmad Ozair, Justin Wormald, Dimitrios Magouliotis, Ronald Flumignan, Dr. Musbahu Sani Kurawa, Dr. Josep M Muñoz Vives, Professor Dr. Ashrarur Rahman Mitul, Vittoria Bellato, Dr Shameel Musthafa, MD Aleksandar Bogdanovic, Assia HAIF, Alfie J Kavalakat, Prof Marcello Migliore, Joshua Totty, Martin Karamanliev, Professor Gianluca Franceschini, Prof NDUBUISI ONYEMAECHI, Dr Rabea A Gadelkareem, Professor Calvin S.H. Ng, Professor Dr Osama Farouk, Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky, Marcos Perini, Aloy Okechukwu Ugwu, Dickon Hayne

  33. Preliminary model assessing the cost-effectiveness of preoperative chlorhexidine mouthwash at reducing postoperative pneumonia among abdominal surgery patients in South Africa

    Article • PLOS One, August 2021, PLOS

    Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky

  34. Effects of pre‐operative isolation on postoperative pulmonary complications after elective surgery: an international prospective cohort study

    Article • Anaesthesia, August 2021, Wiley

    Dr. Mahmoud A. Ebada, Francesco Di Marzo, Dr Ahmad Ozair, Justin Wormald, Dimitrios Magouliotis, Fernando Cordera, Ronald Flumignan, Dr. Musbahu Sani Kurawa, Vittoria Bellato, Dr Shameel Musthafa, MD Aleksandar Bogdanovic, Assia HAIF, Alfie J Kavalakat, funlayo odejinmi, Ademola Adeyeye , Joshua Totty, Professor Gianluca Franceschini, Prof NDUBUISI ONYEMAECHI, Dr Rabea A Gadelkareem, Professor Calvin S.H. Ng, Prof. Saleh S. Baeesa, Professor Dr Osama Farouk, Dr. Josep M Muñoz Vives, Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky, Marcos Perini, Dickon Hayne, Professor Dr. Ashrarur Rahman Mitul

  35. Early outcomes and complications following cardiac surgery in patients testing positive for coronavirus disease 2019: An international cohort study

    Article • Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, August 2021, Elsevier

    Ronald Flumignan, Associate Professor of Digestive Surgery Ulysses Ribeiro Jr, Dr. Josep M Muñoz Vives, Dr Fakher Rahim, Prof Marcello Migliore, Joshua Totty, Dr Kamana Subba, Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky

  36. Identification and validation of novel candidate risk genes in endocytic vesicular trafficking associated with esophageal atresia and tracheoesophageal fistulas

    Article • July 2021, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky

  37. Machine learning risk prediction of mortality for patients undergoing surgery with perioperative SARS-CoV-2: the COVIDSurg mortality score

    Article • BJS, July 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Josep M Muñoz Vives, Muhammad Umar Younis, Ronald Flumignan, Giovanni Domenico Tebala, Associate Professor of Digestive Surgery Ulysses Ribeiro Jr, Vittoria Bellato, Dr Fakher Rahim, Prof Marcello Migliore, Joshua Totty, Dr Kamana Subba, Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky, Professor Dr. Ashrarur Rahman Mitul

  38. Mortality from gastrointestinal congenital anomalies at 264 hospitals in 74 low-income, middle-income, and high-income countries: a multicentre, international, prospective cohort study

    Article • The Lancet, July 2021, Elsevier

    Professor Dr. Ashrarur Rahman Mitul, Dr. Bruno Martinez-Leo, Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky

  39. Rare and de novo variants in 827 congenital diaphragmatic hernia probands implicate LONP1 and ALYREF as new candidate risk genes

    Article • June 2021, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky

  40. Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on paediatric patients with cancer in low-income, middle-income and high-income countries: protocol for a multicentre, international, observational cohort study

    Article • BMJ Open, June 2021, BMJ

    Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky

  41. Patient care and clinical outcomes for patients with COVID-19 infection admitted to African high-care or intensive care units (ACCCOS): a multicentre, prospective, observational cohort study

    Article • The Lancet, May 2021, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky

  42. UK Head and neck cancer surgical capacity during the second wave of the COVID—19 pandemic: Have we learned the lessons? COVIDSurg collaborative

    Article • Clinical Otolaryngology, March 2021, Wiley

    Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky

  43. SARS-CoV-2 vaccination modelling for safe surgery to save lives: data from an international prospective cohort study

    Article • BJS, March 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Badr Eldin Mostafa, Dr. Mahmoud A. Ebada, Dimitrios Magouliotis, Professor Dr. Ashrarur Rahman Mitul, Roberto Colasanti, Justin Wormald, Dr. Josep M Muñoz Vives, Francesco Di Marzo, Dr Ahmad Ozair, Ronald Flumignan, Vittoria Bellato, Dr Shameel Musthafa, Dr kehinde sharafadeen okunade, MD Aleksandar Bogdanovic, Assia HAIF, Alfie J Kavalakat, funlayo odejinmi, Joshua Totty, Professor Gianluca Franceschini, Prof NDUBUISI ONYEMAECHI, Dr Rabea A Gadelkareem, Professor Calvin S.H. Ng, Prof. Saleh S. Baeesa, Ahmad Ramzi Yusoff, Professor Dr Osama Farouk, Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky, Marcos Perini

  44. Timing of surgery following SARS-CoV-2 infection

    Article • Anaesthesia, March 2021, Wiley

    Dr. Mahmoud A. Ebada, Professor Badr Eldin Mostafa, Professor shahnoor islam, Professor Dr. Ashrarur Rahman Mitul, Dimitrios Magouliotis, Roberto Colasanti, Justin Wormald, Dr. Josep M Muñoz Vives, Francesco Di Marzo, Dr Ahmad Ozair, Stênio Zequi, Ronald Flumignan, Dr. Musbahu Sani Kurawa, Vittoria Bellato, Dr Shameel Musthafa, Dr kehinde sharafadeen okunade, MD Aleksandar Bogdanovic, Assia HAIF, Alfie J Kavalakat, Ademola Adeyeye , Joshua Totty, Professor Gianluca Franceschini, Prof NDUBUISI ONYEMAECHI, Dr Rabea A Gadelkareem, Professor Calvin S.H. Ng, Prof. Saleh S. Baeesa, Ahmad Ramzi Yusoff, Professor Dr Osama Farouk, Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky, Marcos Perini, Dickon Hayne

  45. Elective Cancer Surgery in COVID-19–Free Surgical Pathways During the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic: An International, Multicenter, Comparative Cohort Study

    Article • Journal of Clinical Oncology, January 2021, American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)

    Francesco Di Marzo, Fernando Cordera, Giovanni Domenico Tebala, Associate Professor of Digestive Surgery Ulysses Ribeiro Jr, Prof Marcello Migliore, Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky

  46. Surgical site infection after gastrointestinal surgery in children: an international, multicentre, prospective cohort study

    Article • BMJ Global Health, December 2020, BMJ

    Professor Dr. Ashrarur Rahman Mitul, Mohammad Alherz, John Whitaker, Ademola Adeyeye , Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky

  47. Preoperative nasopharyngeal swab testing and postoperative pulmonary complications in patients undergoing elective surgery during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic

    Article • BJS, November 2020, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Giovanni Domenico Tebala, Associate Professor of Digestive Surgery Ulysses Ribeiro Jr, Prof Marcello Migliore, Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky

  48. Delaying surgery for patients with a previous SARS-CoV-2 infection

    Article • BJS, September 2020, Wiley

    Francesco Di Marzo, Dr Salomone Di Saverio, Giovanni Domenico Tebala, Associate Professor of Digestive Surgery Ulysses Ribeiro Jr, Rajaa Al-Raddadi, Prof Marcello Migliore, Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky

  49. Novel candidate genes in esophageal atresia/tracheoesophageal fistula identified by exome sequencing

    Article • European Journal of Human Genetics, July 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky

  50. Mortality and pulmonary complications in patients undergoing surgery with perioperative SARS-CoV-2 infection: an international cohort study

    Article • The Lancet, July 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Vin Shen Ban, Justin Wormald, Dr Salomone Di Saverio, Fernando Cordera, Giovanni Domenico Tebala, Prof Marcello Migliore, Joshua Totty, Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky, Dr Fabio Martinelli

  51. Elective surgery cancellations due to the COVID-19 pandemic: global predictive modelling to inform surgical recovery plans

    Article • BJS, June 2020, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Salomone Di Saverio, Fernando Cordera, Dr Alejandro Suarez de la Rica, Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky, Dr Tjokorda Gde Agung Senapathi, Dr. Pablo Monedero

  52. Priorities for peri‐operative research in Africa

    Article • Anaesthesia, January 2020, Wiley

    Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky

  53. An African, Multi-Centre Evaluation of Patient Care and Clinical Outcomes for Patients with COVID-19 Infection Admitted to High-Care or Intensive Care Units

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, January 2020, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky

  54. Maternal and neonatal outcomes after caesarean delivery in the African Surgical Outcomes Study: a 7-day prospective observational cohort study

    Article • The Lancet Global Health, April 2019, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky

  55. Global variation in anastomosis and end colostomy formation following left‐sided colorectal resection

    Article • BJS Open, February 2019, Wiley

    Professor Dr. Ashrarur Rahman Mitul, Dale Vimalachandran, Mohammad Alherz, Prof Marcello Migliore, Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky

  56. Pooled analysis of WHO Surgical Safety Checklist use and mortality after emergency laparotomy

    Article • BJS, January 2019, Wiley

    Mostafa Shalaby, Professor Dr. Ashrarur Rahman Mitul, Dale Vimalachandran, Mohammad Alherz, Dr Salomone Di Saverio, Prof Marcello Migliore, Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky, John Whitaker

  57. De novo variants in congenital diaphragmatic hernia identify MYRF as a new syndrome and reveal genetic overlaps with other developmental disorders

    Article • PLoS Genetics, December 2018, PLOS

    Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky

  58. The ASOS Surgical Risk Calculator: development and validation of a tool for identifying African surgical patients at risk of severe postoperative complications

    Article • British Journal of Anaesthesia, December 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle, Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky

  59. Surgical site infection after gastrointestinal surgery in high-income, middle-income, and low-income countries: a prospective, international, multicentre cohort study

    Article • The Lancet Infectious Diseases, May 2018, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky, Mostafa Shalaby, Professor Dr. Ashrarur Rahman Mitul, Mohammad Alherz, Dr Salomone Di Saverio, Prof Marcello Migliore

  60. Perioperative patient outcomes in the African Surgical Outcomes Study: a 7-day prospective observational cohort study

    Article • The Lancet, April 2018, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky, Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  61. Gastric tube esophagoplasty for pediatric esophageal replacement

    Article • Journal of Pediatric Surgery, April 2017, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky

  62. Isolated Thoracoschisis: Case Report and Review of Literature

    Article • European Journal of Pediatric Surgery Reports, December 2014, Thieme Publishing Group

    Dr Hamed Mahmoud Seleim , Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky

  63. Dumbbell-Shaped Rhabdomyosarcoma: Two-Stage Surgical Resection

    Article • European Journal of Pediatric Surgery Reports, July 2014, Thieme Publishing Group

    Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky