title: Surgery in an African bush hospital.
abstract: A 10-year review of procedures undertaken in the operating theatres of a rural mission hospital in West Africa showed a total of 13819 procedures. Of these, one-third were general surgical, one-third were minor procedures, and one-third were obstetric, gynaecological or orthopaedic. This review is a record of the surgical procedures undertaken in a "typical" rural hospital in the Third World. It also indicates that a doctor contemplating a period of overseas service in such a hospital should have basic training in general surgery, obstetrics, gynaecology and trauma.
mesh_terms: D000354:Africa, Western; D013502:General Surgery / Q000592:standards*; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D008511:Medicine; D008921:Religious Missions; D012423:Rural Health; D013038:Specialization; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000706:statistics & numerical data