Operation Hernia to Ghana
| Autor: | J. A. Akoh, R. K. J. Simmermacher, C. Oppong, Andrew N. Kingsnorth, Brian M Stephenson |
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| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Hernia Inguinal Permanent disability Ghana Hernia surgery medicine Humans Hernia Groin business.industry General surgery Medical Missions medicine.disease Altruism digestive system diseases Surgery Europe stomatognathic diseases Inguinal hernia surgical procedures operative medicine.anatomical_structure Strangulated hernia Caesarian section business Abdominal surgery |
| Zdroj: | Hernia. 10:376-379 |
| ISSN: | 1248-9204 1265-4906 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10029-006-0118-y |
| Popis: | Inguinal hernia repair and Caesarian section are the two most commonly occurring operations in Africa. Trained surgeons are few, distances between hospitals are large and strangulated hernia is the most common cause of intestinal obstruction. Numerous deaths and cases of permanent disability occur because patients with inguinal hernias requiring elective or urgent surgery are not properly cared for, or they do not actually reach hospital. Operation Hernia was a humanitarian mission between the European Hernia Society and the Plymouth-Takoradi (Ghana) Link conceived specifically to treat and teach groin hernia surgery in the Western region of Ghana. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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