Ashrarur Rahman

Introduction Neonatal surgery has remarkably evolved in developed countries over the past decades, significantly reducing morbidity and mortality. This evolution is mainly due to improved perioperative care, which is sophisticated but expensive, not affordable by low-income countries (1–3). Unfortunately, more than 90% of the neonatal surgical patient load is in the low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) (4, 5).