“Surgery is not just about skill—it’s about continuous improvement. Research today shapes the safety and success of tomorrow’s procedures.”

Aim

To enhance surgical care by identifying and implementing best practices that improve patient outcomes, reduce complications, and optimize healthcare resource utilization.

Objectives

• Conduct systematic review & meta-analysis studies, audits and observational studies to identify gaps in surgical care.
• Evaluate interventions that improve patient safety, infection control, and surgical efficiency.
• Develop evidence-based protocols for preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative care.
• Use systematic reviews and meta-analyses to assess best practices in surgical quality.
• Promote cost-effective surgical interventions through health economics research.

Leadership

Lab Coordinator: Ahmed Abdellateef

Research Areas

• Surgical Site Infection Prevention: Adherence to WHO safety checklists and antiseptic protocols.
• Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS): Evaluating the effectiveness of ERAS protocols.
• Patient Safety & Error Reduction: Impact of checklists and simulation-based training.
• Surgical Outcome Measures: Benchmarking hospital performance based on surgical success rates.
• Cost-Effectiveness Analysis: Evaluating efficiency of surgical interventions in resource-limited settings.
• Systematic Review on Surgical Site Infections (SSI) in Sudan and low-resource settings.
• Review and Refinement of Postoperative Care Guidelines.

Ongoing Projects

Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses Center (SRMAC)

• Laparoscopic Hernia Repair Vs Open Hernia Repair in LMICs
• Laparoscopic Colectomy Vs Open Colectomy in LMICs
• Outcomes of Reusable Vs Single Use drapes and gowns on wound infections

Clinical Audit Support Center (CASC)

• Adherence to Hand Hygiene Protocols in the Surgical Department of Police Hospital, River Nile State
• Enhancing surgical safety and outcomes by implementing WHO Surgical Safety Checklist: Muli-Centric Study in Kassala
• Discharge Note Clinical Audit in Wad Medani Teaching Hospital

Quality Improvement

• Quality Improvement Study Overview: Enhancing VTE Prevention through Optimized Caprini Score Utilization
• WHO Surgical Safety Checklist Quality Improvement in Dongola Teaching Hospital

Surgical Protocols and Guidelines

• The Use of Colaizzi Technique for Qualitative research