Management of Abdominal Surgical Emergencies at the Coyah District Hospital (Guinea)-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Management of Abdominal Surgical Emergencies at the Coyah District Hospital (Guinea)

Published:2024-06-06 Issue:1 Volume:12 Page:23-26
ISSN:2376-6182
Container-title:Advances in Surgical Sciences
language:en
Short-container-title:ASS

Author:

Ibrahima Oulare¹^ORCID,Saliou Bangoura¹,Bakary Traore¹,1 Kourouma¹,Aly Cisse¹,Oumar Dioubate¹,Togba Soumaoro¹^ORCID,Housein Fofana¹,Aboubacar Toure¹

Affiliation:

1. Department of General Surgery, University Hospital of Conakry, Conakry, Guinea

Abstract

Background: abdominal surgical emergencies remain a frequent mode of admission in African public hospitals, cause of a high morbidity and mortality. This study aimed to assess the management of these diseases in a resources limited hospital. Patients and methods: this was a descriptive cross-sectional study for a period of 2 years from January 2018 to December 2021. Results: 637 patients were selected including 321 males 316 females. The age of the patients ranged from 5 to 79 years old. Abdominal pain was the main reason for consultation (90.11%), with appendicitis the dominant pathology (47.4%). All cases were managed surgically. Postoperative course was simple in 65.8% of cases, with an overall mortality of 13.3%. The average hospital stay was 9.96±6.77 days, with extremes of 3 and 54 days. Conclusion: abdominal surgical emergencies are very common in our practice with appendicitis being the dominant pathology. The mortality still remains considerable in resources limited setting.

Publisher

Science Publishing Group

Link

https://article.sciencepublishinggroup.com/pdf/j.ass.20241201.14

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