Impact of Surgical Lighting on Intraoperative Safety in Low‐Resource Settings: A Cross‐Sectional Survey of Surgical Providers

Abstract

In our survey of surgeons working in low-resource settings, a majority report poor surgical lighting as a major risk to patient safety and nearly one-third report delayed or cancelled operations due to poor lighting. Developing and distributing robust, affordable, high-quality surgical headlights could provide an ideal solution to this significant surgical safety issue.