The State of Surgical Task Sharing for Inguinal Hernia Repair in Limited-Resource Countries
| Autor: | Dustin J. Tubre, Alexander D. Schroeder, Charles J. Filipi, Charles D. Voigt |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
MEDLINE Hernia Inguinal law.invention 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Randomized controlled trial law medicine Humans Health Workforce Prospective Studies Herniorrhaphy business.industry Mortality rate General surgery Inguinal hernia surgery Vascular surgery Surgical Mesh medicine.disease Inguinal hernia Cardiothoracic surgery Elective Surgical Procedures 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Health Resources 030211 gastroenterology & hepatology Surgery business Abdominal surgery |
| Zdroj: | World journal of surgery. 44(6) |
| ISSN: | 1432-2323 |
| Popis: | In limited-resource countries, the morbidity and mortality related to inguinal hernias is unacceptably high. This review addresses the issue by identifying capacity-building education of non-surgeons performing inguinal hernia repairs in developing countries and analyzing the outcomes. PubMed was searched and included are studies that reported on task sharing and surgical outcomes for inguinal hernia surgery. Educational methods with quantitative and qualitative effects of the capacity-building methods have been recorded. Excluded were papers without records of outcome data. Seven studies from African countries reported 14,108 elective inguinal hernia repairs performed by 230 non-surgeons with a mortality rate of 0.36%. Complications were reported in 4 of the 7 studies with a morbidity rate of 14.2%. Two studies reported on follow-up: one with no recurrences in 408 patients at 7.4 months and the other one with 0.9% recurrences in 119 patients at 12 months. Direct comparison of outcomes from trained non-surgeons to surgeons or surgically trained medical doctors is limited but suggests no difference in outcomes. Quantitative capacity-building effects include increase in surgical workforce, case volume, elective procedures, mesh utilization, and decreased referrals to higher level of care institutions. Qualitative capacity-building effects include feasibility of prospective research in limited-resource settings, improved access to surgical care, and change in practice pattern of local physicians after training for mesh repair. Systematic training of non-surgeons in inguinal hernia repair is potentially a high-impact capacity-building strategy. High-risk patients should be referred to a fully trained surgeon whenever possible. Randomized study designs and long-term outcomes beyond 1 year are needed. |
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