FRANCIS A. ABANTANGA

FRANCIS A. ABANTANGA

University for Development Studies

H-index: 31

Africa-Ghana

About FRANCIS A. ABANTANGA

FRANCIS A. ABANTANGA, With an exceptional h-index of 31 and a recent h-index of 23 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at University for Development Studies, specializes in the field of Anorectal malformation, Gastroschisis, Omphalocele.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

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 …

Use of Telemedicine for Postdischarge Assessment of the Surgical Wound: International Cohort Study, and Systematic Review With Meta-analysis

The costs of surgical site infection after abdominal surgery in middle-income countries: Key resource use In Wound Infection (KIWI) study

Body mass index and waist circumference in patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia at the Tamale Teaching Hospital, Ghana

Female Breast Cancer in Northern Ghana: A Retrospective Histopathological Study at the Department of Pathology of the Tamale Teaching Hospital (TTH)(2012 To 2021): Burden of …

Global guidelines for emergency general surgery: systematic review and Delphi prioritization process

Histopathological Review of Childhood and Adolescent Cancers in Northern Ghana.

Global economic burden of unmet surgical need for appendicitis

FRANCIS A. ABANTANGA Information

University

Position

Prof of Paediatric Surgeon

Citations(all)

3441

Citations(since 2020)

2000

Cited By

2208

hIndex(all)

31

hIndex(since 2020)

23

i10Index(all)

53

i10Index(since 2020)

42

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FRANCIS A. ABANTANGA Skills & Research Interests

Anorectal malformation

Gastroschisis

Omphalocele

Top articles of FRANCIS A. ABANTANGA

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

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 …

BJA open

GlobalSurg Collaborative

Mwayi Kachapila

Mark Monahan

Adesoji O Ademuyiwa

Yakubu Momohsani Adinoyi

...

2023/9/1

Use of Telemedicine for Postdischarge Assessment of the Surgical Wound: International Cohort Study, and Systematic Review With Meta-analysis

James Glasbey

Issi Trout

Victoria Adeyeye

Adesoji Ademuyiwa

Adewale Adisa

...

2023/6

The costs of surgical site infection after abdominal surgery in middle-income countries: Key resource use In Wound Infection (KIWI) study

Journal of Hospital Infection

Mark Monahan

James Glasbey

TE Roberts

Sue Jowett

Thomas Pinkney

...

2023/6/1

Body mass index and waist circumference in patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia at the Tamale Teaching Hospital, Ghana

African Urology

AJM Muntaka

EMT Yenli

FA Abantanga

KA Bimpong

S Tabiri

2023/6/1

Female Breast Cancer in Northern Ghana: A Retrospective Histopathological Study at the Department of Pathology of the Tamale Teaching Hospital (TTH)(2012 To 2021): Burden of …

Archives of Breast Cancer

Edmund Der

Francis A Abantanga

2023/2/8

Global guidelines for emergency general surgery: systematic review and Delphi prioritization process

2022/2/1

Histopathological Review of Childhood and Adolescent Cancers in Northern Ghana.

West Africa Journal of Medicine

EM Der

2022

Global economic burden of unmet surgical need for appendicitis

British journal of surgery

Anna Reuter

Lisa Rogge

Mark Monahan

Mwayi Kachapila

Dion G Morton

...

2022/10/1

Medical Education and Residency Training-The Need to Move with The Times

Postgraduate Medical Journal of Ghana

FA Abantanga

2022/7/12

Effects of hospital facilities on patient outcomes after cancer surgery: an international, prospective, observational study

The Lancet global health

Stephen R Knight

Catherine A Shaw

Riinu Pius

Thomas M Drake

Lisa Norman

...

2022/7/1

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

BMJ open

Global Health Research Group on Children’s Non-Communicable Diseases Collaborative

2022/4

A retrospective review of gastroschisis epidemiology and referral patterns in northern Ghana

Pediatric Surgery International

Alhassan Abdul-Mumin

Cesia Cotache-Condor

Sheila A Owusu

Andie Grimm

Haruna Mahama

...

2021/8

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

The Lancet

Naomi Jane Wright

Andrew JM Leather

Niyi Ade-Ajayi

Nick Sevdalis

Justine Davies

...

2021/7/24

A nationwide enumeration of operations performed for pediatric patients in Ghana

European Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Adam Gyedu

Barclay Stewart

Cameron Gaskill

Emmanuella Salia

Raymond Wadie

...

2021/4

Global variation in postoperative mortality and complications after cancer surgery: a multicentre, prospective cohort study in 82 countries

the Lancet

GlobalSurg Collaborative

2021

Surgical Complications of Typhoid Fever

Pediatric Surgery: A Comprehensive Textbook for Africa

Francis A Abantanga

David H Rothstein

Emmanuel A Ameh

2020

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

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Aneel Bhangu

Adesoji O Ademuyiwa

Maria Lorena Aguilera

Philip Alexander

Sara W Al-Saqqa

...

2018/5/1

Pediatric trauma: epidemiology, prevention, and control

Pediatric Surgery: A Comprehensive Textbook for Africa

Barclay T Stewart

Francis A Abantanga

2020

Patient experience and outcomes of the locally organized apridec medical outreach group

World Journal of Surgery

Micah G Katz

Stephen Tabiri

Adam Gyedu

Raymond R Price

Francis A Abantanga

2020/4

Burden of neonatal surgical conditions in northern Ghana

World journal of surgery

Alhassan Abdul-Mumin

Theophilus TK Anyomih

Sheila A Owusu

Naomi Wright

Janae Decker

...

2020/1

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