An analysis of surgical cases in a Nigerian mission hospital.
Approximately 315 major surgical cases were treated in one year in a one-doctor 80-bed mission hospital in Nigeria. The hospital serves a population of 137,000. One hundred and forty-three of the cases were herniorrhaphies: 19 of these cases were strangulated, of which seven required bowel resection. A case of a strangulated inguinal hernia containing uterus, Fallopian tubes and ovaries is reported. Other interesting surgical cases are also discussed.
D000818:Animals; D044383:Black People; D005187:Fallopian Tubes; D005260:Female; D006547:Hernia; D006552:Hernia, Inguinal; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009549:Nigeria; D010053:Ovary; D008921:Religious Missions; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative; D014599:Uterus
HERNIA; SURGERY, OPERATIVE