Advancing complex hepato‐pancreato‐biliary surgery in Uganda: Challenges and outcomes

Author:

Michael Okello12ORCID,Darshit Dave3,Mary Kiconco3,Mutekoba Umar3,Timothy Mugabi3,Francis Baseka Xavier3,Denis Kakaire3,Edward Kyomugisha3,Machyo Okuku Fred4,Henry Ddungu4,William Buwembo1,Ponsiano Ocama5

Affiliation:

1. Department of Anatomy Makerere University College of Health Sciences Kampala Uganda

2. Society of Uganda Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SUGES) Kampala Uganda

3. Department of Surgery Lubaga Hospital Kampala Uganda

4. Uganda Cancer Institute Kampala Uganda

5. Department of Medicine Makerere University College of Health Sciences Kampala Uganda

Abstract

AbstractIntroductionUganda has until recently mostly referred patients for complex hepato‐pancreato‐biliary (HPB) surgery abroad due to lack of local expertize. We report indications and a spectrum of surgeries performed in the first 4 years following the establishment of a routine HPB service at Lubaga Hospital (LH), Kampala, Uganda. We also detailed the challenges encountered in setting up this service.MethodsDemographic, clinical parameters, surgery indications, procedures performed, and outcomes of consecutive patients that underwent HPB surgeries at LH from December 2018 to October 2022 were analyzed.ResultsMajority were females 72 (57.6%) with a median age of 50 (6–88) years. Forty‐one (32.8%) underwent surgery on the pancreas (PS), 34 (27.2%) on the liver (LS), and 50 (40.0%) on the bile ducts (CBS). The most common symptom was abdominal pain. Benign disease was present in 37 patients (29.6%) while 88 (70.4%) had malignancy. A total of 34 patients (27.2%) had unresectable pancreatic head cancer and distal cholangiocarcinoma missed at preoperative imaging and discovered intraoperatively thus underwent palliative hepaticojejunostomy. Only 34 (27.2%) patients received postoperative ICU care. In‐hospital mortality for this heterogenous group of patients was 6 (4.8%) for PS, 3 (2.4%) for LS, and 8 (6.4%) for CBS.ConclusionDespite many challenges like limited access to ERCP accessories, lack of endoscopic ultrasound scans and PET–CT scans in the whole country, late presentation, and low quality imaging especially in preoperative determination of resectability of hepato‐pancreato‐biliary cancers, we managed to establish a functional HPB service. Patient results achieved were good in spite of these limitations.

Publisher

Wiley

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