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• Title: Emergency Abdominal Surgery in Zaria, Nigeria (General Surgery) (Clinical Report)
• Author : South African Journal of Surgery
• Release Date : January 01, 2010
• Genre: Health & Fitness,Books,Health, Mind & Body,
• Pages : * pages
• Size : 207 KB

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Abdominal surgical emergencies constitute a significant portion of a surgeon's clinical experience and often present diagnostic and treatment challenges, particularly in poorly resourced environments with a lack of modern medical facilities. Although ancillary investigations may improve diagnostic accuracy, a reasonable differential diagnosis can be made at the bedside in the majority of patients. The major causes of abdominal emergencies vary from region to region, and even within the same region socio-economic, cultural or geographical factors may alter the pattern. Periodic review is therefore needed. There are significant differences in the prevalence of most gastro-intestinal emergencies in tropical compared with temperate countries. (1) Recent reports indicate a change in the clinical spectrum of abdominal emergencies in the West African sub-region. (2,3) In the past, intestinal obstruction from strangulated inguinal hernia was the leading cause of abdominal emergencies in developing countries. (2) While the prevalences of acute appendicitis and nonspecific abdominal pain (NSAP) have increased, postoperative adhesions have become the leading cause of acute intestinal obstruction. (2,3) Penetrating abdominal injury has also become a common reason for emergency admission. (2)

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