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Our objective was to assess postoperative outcomes following the implementation of a new protocol to minimize pediatric surgical patient exposure to measles.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We retrospectively reviewed ambulatory pediatric surgical care in Kakuma refugee camp to determine demographic information, diagnoses and procedures done, and postoperative outcomes following implementation of the new protocol.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We conducted a total of 28 ambulatory pediatric procedures. All 25 patients had received their measles vaccine preoperatively (100%); 35.7% of the procedures were inguinal hernia repairs, 50 % were hydrocele repairs, and 10.71% were umbilical hernia repairs. 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