Fig. 2

Normal flow of a surgical tour at the MPSC. During the pre-hospital phase (yellow), patients are referred for evaluation and surgical teams are recruited. During the surgery phase (green), patients are triaged based on surgical need, risk, and resource availability and the operations are carried out. Finally, during the follow-up phase (red), patients are evaluated either by the MPSC or a member of the peri-operative network in their hometown and post-operative complications are managed