Brazil widens orthopaedics waiting list initiative
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
Brazil's national trauma-orthopaedics institute (INTO) has added new specialisms to its growing programme of "collective effort" surgery initiatives, called mutirao. For the first time, this month's mutirao, which aims to reduce the waiting list in key orthopaedics areas, targeted waits for externally-fixed systems and children's orthopaedics.