title: Peptic ulcer surgery at a rural hospital in Kenya.
abstract: In this study, 157 patients who underwent surgery for peptic ulcer disease in a 215-bed mission hospital in Nyeri, Kenya were evaluated. One hundred and thirty seven patients (87.3%) had duodenal ulcer. Vagotomy and drainage was performed in 82.8% with an overall mortality of 1.3%. There were no serious complications during operation but side effects were experienced during the post operative period. Various aspects of peptic ulcer surgery are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kakande
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D004322:Drainage / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006780:Hospitals, Rural / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007630:Kenya / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010437:Peptic Ulcer / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D008921:Religious Missions; D014628:Vagotomy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data