Prof. Adam Gyedu

Professor


Research Areas/Interests

Injury Global Surgery Minimally invasive surgery  Cancer...~more

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Publications

    Gyedu A, Quainoo E, Nakua E, Donkor P, Mock C. (2022 Jun) Achievement of key performance indicators in initial assessment and care of injured patients in Ghanaian non-tertiary hospitals: An observational study. World J Surg. 46(6):1288-1299. doi: 10.1007/s00268-022-06507-y.

    Gyedu A, Mehta K, Baidoo H, Addo D, Abdullah M, Mesic A, et al. (2022 May) 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. doi: /10.1016/j.burns.2022.05.016i

    NIHR Global Research Health Unit on Global Surgery. (2022 Jan) Global guidelines for emergency general surgery: systematic review and Delphi prioritization process. BJS Open. 6;6(1):zrac005. doi: 10.1093/bjsopen/zrac005.

    COVIDSurg Collaborative; GlobalSurg Collaborative. (2021 Aug) SARS-CoV-2 infection and venous thromboembolism after surgery: an international prospective cohort study. Anaesthesia. doi: 10.1111/anae.15563. doi: 10.1111/anae.15563.

    COVIDSurg Collaborative; GlobalSurg Collaborative. (2021 Nov) Effects of pre-operative isolation on postoperative pulmonary complications after elective surgery: an international prospective cohort study. Anaesthesia. 76(11):1454-1464. doi: 10.1111/anae.15560.

    Sharma A, Minh Duc NT, Luu Lam Thang T, Nam NH, Ng SJ, Abbas KS, Huy NT, Maruši? A, Paul CL, Kwok J, Karbwang J, de Waure C, Drummond FJ, Kizawa Y, Taal E, Vermeulen J, Lee GHM, Gyedu A, et al. (2021 Oct)  A Consensus-Based Checklist for Reporting of Survey Studies (CROSS). J Gen Intern Med. 36(10):3179-3187. 

    Gaskill CE, Gyedu A, Stewart B, Quansah R, Donkor P, Mock C. (2021 Sep) Improving Global Surgical Oncology Benchmarks: Defining the Unmet Need for Cancer Surgery in Ghana. World J Surg. 45(9):2661-2669. doi: 10.1007/s00268-021-06197-y.

    COVIDSurg Collaborative, GlobalSurg Collaborative. (2021 Sep) SARS-CoV-2 vaccination modelling for safe surgery to save lives: data from an international prospective cohort study. Br J Surg. 108(9):1056-1063. doi: 10.1093/bjs/znab101.

    Butler EK, Gyedu A, Stewart BT, Quansah R, Donkor P, Mock CN. (2021 Aug) Nationwide enumeration of emergency operations performed in Ghana. Eur J Trauma Emerg Surg. 47(4):1031-1039. doi: 10.1007/s00068-019-01276-1. 

    Gyedu A, Stewart BT, Otupiri E, Mehta K, Donkor P, Mock C. (2021 Jul) Incidence of childhood injuries and modifiable household risk factors in rural Ghana: a multistage, cluster-randomised, population-based, household survey. BMJ Open.11(7):e039243. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-039243.

    Stewart B, Gyedu A, Otupiri E, Nakua E, Boakye G, Mehta K, Donkor P, Mock C. (2021 Jul) 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(7):1757-1765. doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2021.04.050.

    Mehta K, Gyedu A, Otupiri E, Donkor P, Mock C, Stewart B. (2021 Jun) Incidence of childhood burn injuries and modifiable household risk factors in rural Ghana: A cluster-randomized, population-based, household survey. Burns.47(4):944-951. doi: 10.1016/j.burns.2020.09.001.

    COVIDSurg Collaborative; GlobalSurg Collaborative. (2021 Jun) Timing of surgery following SARS-CoV-2 infection: an international prospective cohort study. Anaesthesia. 76(6):748-758. doi: 10.1111/anae.15458

    Gyedu A, Goodman SK, Quansah R, Osei-Ampofo M, Donkor P, Mock C. (2021 May) 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(5):1164-1169. doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2021.01.028.

    Gyedu A, Stewart B, Gaskill C, Salia E, Wadie R, Abantanga F, Donkor P, Mock C. (2021 Apr) A Nationwide Enumeration of Operations Performed for Pediatric Patients in Ghana. Eur J Pediatr Surg. 31(2):199-205. doi: 10.1055/s-0040-1705130.

    Gyedu A, Boakye G, Quansah R, Donkor P, Mock C. (2021 Apr) Unintentional falls among children in rural Ghana and associated factors: a cluster-randomized, population-based household survey. Pan Afr Med J. 38:401. doi: 10.11604/pamj.2021.38.401.28313

    Stewart BT, Gyedu A, Goodman SK, Boakye G, Scott JW, Donkor P, Mock C. (2021 Mar) Injured and broke: The impacts of the Ghana National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) on service delivery and catastrophic health expenditure among seriously injured children. Afr J Emerg Med. 11(1):144-151. doi: 10.1016/j.afjem.2020.09.013.

    Gyedu A, Stewart B, Otupiri E, Donkor P, Mock C. (2021 Feb) First Aid Practices for Injured Children in Rural Ghana: A Cluster-Random Population-Based Survey. Prehosp Disaster Med. 36(1):79-85. doi: 10.1017/S1049023X20001430.

    Boakye G, Gyedu A, Stewart M, Donkor P, Mock C, Stewart B. (2021 Jan) Assessment of local supply chains and stock management practices for trauma care resources in Ghana: a comparative small sample cross-sectional study. BMC Health Serv Res. 21(1):66. doi: 10.1186/s12913-021-06063-6.

    GlobalSurg Collaborative and National Institute for Health Research Global Health Research Unit on Global Surgery. (2021 Jan) Global variation in postoperative mortality and complications after cancer surgery: a multicentre, prospective cohort study in 82 countries. Lancet. 397(10272):387-397. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)00001-5.

    Gyedu A, Goodman SK, Katz M, Quansah R, Stewart BT, Donkor P, Mock C. (2020 Dec) National health insurance and surgical care for injured people, Ghana. Bull World Health Organ. 98(12):869-877. doi: 10.2471/BLT.20.255315.

    GlobalSurg Collaborative. (2020 Dec) Surgical site infection after gastrointestinal surgery in children: an international, multicentre, prospective cohort study. BMJ Glob Health. 5(12):e003429. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2020-003429.

    Gyedu A, Stewart B, Wadie R, Antwi J, Donkor P, Mock C. (2020 Jun) Population-based rates of hernia surgery in Ghana. Hernia. 24(3):617-623.

    Katz MG, Tabiri S, Gyedu A, Price RR, Abantanga FA. (2020 Apr) Patient Experience and Outcomes of the Locally Organized ApriDec Medical Outreach Group. World J Surg. 44(4):1039-1044. doi: 10.1007/s00268-019-05288-1

    Gyedu A, Stewart B, Gaskill C, Donkor P, Quansah R, Mock C. (2020 Mar) Benchmarking Global Trauma Care: Defining the Unmet Need for Trauma Surgery in Ghana. J Surg Res.  247:280-286. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2019.10.013.

    Gyedu A, Lester L, Stewart B, Danso KA, Salia EL, Quansah R, et al. (2020 Feb) Estimating obstetric and gynecologic surgical rate: A benchmark of surgical capacity building in Ghana. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 148(2):205-209. doi: 10.1002/ijgo.13019

    Gyedu A, Stewart B, Gaskill C, Salia EL, Wadie R, Donkor P, et al. (2019 Jul) Enumeration of Operations Performed for Elderly Patients in Ghana: An Opportunity to Improve Global Surgery Benchmarking. World J Surg. 43(7):1644-52. doi: 10.1007/s00268-019-04963-7.

    Gyedu A, Katz M, Agbedinu K, Donkor P, Mock C. (2019 Jun) Antibiotics for Groin Hernia Repair According to Evidence-Based Guidelines: Time for Action in Ghana. J Surg Res. 238:90-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2019.01.040.

    Gyedu A, Debrah S, Agbedinu K, Goodman SK, Plange-Rhule J, Donkor P, et al. (2019 Mar) In-Country Training by the Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons: An Initiative that has Aided Surgeon Retention and Distribution in Ghana. World J Surg. 43(3):723-25. doi: 10.1007/s00268-018-4840-2.

    GlobalSurg Collaborative. (2019 Feb) Global variation in anastomosis and end colostomy formation following left-sided colorectal resection. BJS Open. 28;3(3):403-414. doi: 10.1002/bjs5.50138.

    GlobalSurg Collaborative. (2019 Jan) Pooled analysis of WHO Surgical Safety Checklist use and mortality after emergency laparotomy. Br J Surg. 106(2):e103-e12. doi: 10.1002/bjs.11051.

    Donkor I, Gyedu A, Edusei AK, Ebel BE, Donkor P. (2018) Mobile phone use among commercial drivers in Ghana: an important threat to road safety. Ghana Med J. 52(3):122-126.

    Gyedu A, Gaskill CE, Boakye G, Abdulai AR, Anderson BO, Stewart B. (2018) Differences in perception of breast cancer among Muslim and Christian women in Ghana. J Glob Oncol. (4):1-9.

    Gyedu A, Gaskill CE, Agbedinu K, Salazar DR, Kingham TP. (2018) Surgical oncology at a major referral center in Ghana: burden, staging, and outcomes. J Surg Oncol. 118(3):581-587.

    Gyedu A, Stewart B, Gaskill C, Boakye G, Appiah-Denkyira E, Donkor P, et al. (2018) Improving benchmarks for global surgery: nationwide enumeration of operations performed in Ghana. Ann Surg. 268(2):282-8.

    Tessler RA, Stadeli KM, Chadbunchachai W, Gyedu A, Lagrone L, Reynolds T, et al. (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. doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2018.08.013. [Epub ahead of print]

    Stewart BT, Gyedu A, Gaskill C, Boakye G, Quansah R, Donkor P, et al. (2018) Exploring the relationship between surgical capacity and output in Ghana: current capacity assessments may not tell the whole story. World J Surg. 42(10):3065-74.

    LaGrone LN, Fuhs AK, Egoavil EH, Langdale LA, Fuangworawong P, Hamasaki JL, Gyedu A, et al. (2018) A global assessment of access to and use of medical information: the state of evidence-based surgery. World J Surg. 42(2):521-31.

    GlobalSurg Collaborative. (2018) Management and outcomes following surgery for gastrointestinal typhoid: an international, prospective, multicentre cohort study. World J Surg. 42(10):3179-88.

    GlobalSurg Collaborative. (2018) Surgical site infection after gastrointestinal surgery in high-income, middle-income, and low-income countries: a prospective, international, multicentre cohort study. Lancet Infect Dis. 18(5):516-25.

    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 J Surg. 41(12):3074-82.

    Tansley G, Stewart BT, Gyedu A, Boakye G, Lewis D, Hoogerboord M, et al. (2017) The correlation between poverty and access to essential surgical care in Ghana: a geospatial analysis. World J Surg. 41(3):639-43.

    Yang JD, Mohamed EA, Aziz AO, Shousha HI, Hashem MB, Nabeel MM, Abdelmaksoud AH, Elbaz TM, Afihene MY, Duduyemi BM, Ayawin JP, Gyedu A, et al. (2017) Characteristics, management, and outcomes of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma in Africa: a multicountry observational study from the Africa Liver Cancer Consortium. Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2(2):103-11.

    Gyedu A. (2017) The brain drain myth: retention of specialist surgical graduates in east, central and southern Africa 1974-2013 (Invited Commentary). World J Surg. 41(12):3054.

    Gyedu A, Boakye G, Dally CK, Agbeko AE, Abantanga FA, Kushner AL, et al. (2017) assessment of barriers to essential surgical care in two communities in the Upper West Region, Ghana. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 28(1):175-90.

    Stewart BT, Tansley G, Gyedu A, Ofosu A, Donkor P, Appiah-Denkyira E, et al. (2016) Mapping population-level spatial access to essential surgical care in Ghana using availability of bellwether procedures. JAMA Surg. 151(8):e161239.

    Stewart BT, Quansah R, Gyedu A, Boakye G, Abantanga F, Ankomah J, et al. (2016) Serial assessment of trauma care capacity in Ghana in 2004 and 2014. JAMA Surg. 151(2):164.

    Stewart BT, Gyedu A, Tansley G, Yeboah D, Amponsah-Manu F, Mock C, et al. (2016) Orthopaedic trauma care capacity assessment and strategic planning in Ghana: mapping a way forward. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 98(23):e104.

    Stewart BT, Gyedu A, Quansah R, Addo WL, Afoko A, Agbenorku P, et al. (2016) District-level hospital trauma care audit filters: Delphi technique for defining context-appropriate indicators for quality improvement initiative evaluation in developing countries. Injury. 47(1):211-9.

    Stewart BT, Gyedu A, Giannou C, Mishra B, Rich N, Wren SM, et al. (2016) Consensus recommendations for essential vascular care in low- and middle-income countries. J Vasc Surg. 64(6):1770-79.

    Kazerooni Y, Gyedu A, Burnham G, Nwomeh B, Charles A, Mishra B, et al. (2016) Fires in refugee and displaced persons settlements: the current situation and opportunities to improve fire prevention and control. Burns. 42(5):1036-46.

    Johnston LE, Stewart BT, Yangni-Angate H, Veller M, Upchurch GR, Jr., Gyedu A, et al. (2016) Peripheral arterial disease in sub-Saharan Africa: a review. JAMA Surg.151(6):564-72.

    Gyedu A, Stewart BT, Nakua E, Quansah R, Donkor P, Mock C, et al. (2016) Assessment of risk of peripheral vascular disease and vascular care capacity in low- and middle-income countries. Br J Surg. 103(1):51-9.

    Gyedu A, Stewart B, Mock C, Otupiri E, Nakua E, Donkor P, et al. (2016) Prevalence of preventable household risk factors for childhood burn injury in semi-urban Ghana: a population-based survey. Burns 42(3):633-8.

    Gyedu A, Agbedinu K, Dalwai M, Osei-Ampofo M, Nakua EK, Oteng R, et al. (2016) Triage capabilities of medical trainees in Ghana using the South African triage scale: an opportunity to improve emergency care. Pan Afr Med J. 24:294.

    Gyedu A, Abantanga F, Boakye G, Gupta S, Otupiri E, Agbeko AE, et al. (2016) Barriers to essential surgical care experienced by women in the two northernmost regions of Ghana: a cross-sectional survey. BMC Women’s Health. 16:27.

    Yang JD, Gyedu A, Afihene MY, Duduyemi BM, Micah E, Kingham TP, et al. (2015) Hepatocellular carcinoma occurs at an earlier age in Africans, particularly in association with chronic hepatitis B. Am J Gastroenterol. 110(11):1629-31.

    Stewart BT, Quansah R, Gyedu A, Ankomah J, Donkor P, Mock C. (2015) Strategic assessment of trauma care capacity in Ghana. World J Surg. 39(10):2428-40.

    Stewart BT, Gyedu A, Agbenorku P, Amankwa R, Kushner AL, Gibran N. (2015) Routine systemic antibiotic prophylaxis for burn injuries in developing countries: a best evidence topic (BET). Int J Surg. 21:168-72.

    Stewart BT, Gyedu A, Abantanga F, Abdulai AR, Boakye G, Kushner A. (2015) Barriers to essential surgical care in low- and middle-income countries: a pilot study of a comprehensive assessment tool in Ghana. World J Surg. 39(11):2613-21.

    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. Ann Pediatr Surg. 11:7-12.

    Gyedu A, Shrauner WR, Kingham TP. (2015) No patients to resect or transplant: an analysis of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma admitted to a major African referral hospital. World J Surg. 39(1):231-6.

    Gyedu A, Nakua EK, Otupiri E, Mock C, Donkor P, Ebel B. (2015) Incidence, characteristics and risk factors for household and neighbourhood injury among young children in semiurban Ghana: a population-based household survey. Inj Prev. 21(e1):e71-9.

    Gyedu A, Mock C, Nakua E, Otupiri E, Donkor P, Ebel BE. (2015) Pediatric first aid practices in Ghana: a population-based survey. World J Surg. 39(8):1859-66.

    Gyedu A, Fugar S, Price R, Bingener J. (2015) Patient perceptions about laparoscopy at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Ghana. Pan Afr Med J. 20:422.

    Gyedu A, Baah EG, Boakye G, Ohene-Yeboah M, Otupiri E, Stewart BT. (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. Int J Surg. 15:74-8.

    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. Afr Health Sci. 15(1):246-52.

    Gyedu A, Abantanga F, Kyei I, Boakye G, Stewart BT. (2015) Changing epidemiology of intestinal obstruction in Ghana: signs of increasing surgical capacity and an aging population. Dig Surg. 32(5):389-96.

    Ankomah J, Stewart BT, Oppong-Nketia V, Koranteng A, Gyedu A, Quansah R, et al. (2015) Strategic assessment of the availability of pediatric trauma care equipment, technology and supplies in Ghana. J Pediatr Surg. 50(11):1922-7.

    Gyedu A, Yorke J. (2014) Lower gastrointestinal endoscopy: a review of the patient population of Kumasi. Arch Int Surg. 4:162-6.

    Gyedu A, Yorke J. (2014) Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy in the patient population of Kumasi, Ghana: indications and findings. Pan Afr Med J. 18:327.

    Gyedu A, Bingener J, Dally C, Oppong J, Price R, Reid-Lombardo K. (2014) Starting a laparoscopic surgery program in the second largest teaching hospital in Ghana. East Afr Med J. 91(4):133-7.

    Gyedu A, Agbedinu K. (2013) Brachial artery pseudoaneurysm in a toddler due to penetrating abdominal trauma. PMJG.2(1):44-6.

     

    Gyedu A. (2012) Giant solitary neurofibroma in the gluteal area of a patient without neurofibromatosis. East Afr Med J.89(1):34-6.

     

    Koksoy C, Gyedu A, Alacayir I, Bengisun U, Uncu H, Anadol E. (2011) Surgical treatment of peripheral aneurysms in patients with Behcet's disease. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg. 42(4):525-30.

     

    Gyedu A, Reich SB, Hoyte-Williams PE. (2011) Gastrointestinal stromal tumour presenting acutely as gastroduodenal intussusception. Acta Chir Belg. 111(5):327-8.

     

    Gyedu A, Arslan E, Koksoy C. (2011) Hand ischemia caused by solitary humeral exostosis irritating the brachial artery. VASA. 40(4):320-2.

     

    Gyedu A, Koksoy C, Hazinedaroglu S, Ulus A, Yerdel M. Interim results of a new polycarbonate/urethane “vascular access” graft – a prospective trial. (2011) Chirurgia. 23(6):231-4.

     

    Gyedu A, Damah M, Baidoo PK, Yorke J. (2010) Congenital transmesenteric defect causing bowel strangulation in an adult. Hernia. 14(6):643-5.

     

    Cakmak A, Gyedu A, Kepenekci I, Ozcan C, Unal AE. (2010) Colon perforation caused by migration of a bone graft following a posterior lumbosacral interbody fusion operation: case report. Spine. 35(3):E84-5.

     

    Gyedu A, Kepenekci I, Alic B, Akyar S. (2009) Evaluation of muscle atrophy after axillary lymph node dissection. Acta Chir Belg. 109(2):209-15.

     

    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. 38(4):394-6.

     

    Gyedu A, Koksoy C. (2008) Aortoiliac occlusive disease in the presence of a horseshoe kidney: a case report. Ann Vasc Surg. 22(2):290-2.

     

    Gyedu A, Karakoyun R, Baltaci S, Yagci C, Koksoy C. (2008) Surgical repair of a giant renal artery aneurysm: a case report. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg. 2008;36(1):31-3.

     


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