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Prevalence of digestive surgical emergencies at the Amissa Bongo Regional Hospital in Franceville

2020; Volume: 08; Issue: 09 Linguagem: Inglês

10.18535/jmscr/v8i9.21

2455-0450

Silvère OFFOBO NGAKANI,

Enhanced Recovery After Surgery

The objective of this work is to study the prevalence of digestive surgical emergencies in the surgical department of the Amissa Bongo Regional Hospital in Franceville, Gabon.This was a descriptive retrospective study of patients operated on for digestive surgical emergencies over a four-year period (September 2015 to August 2019).During the study period, 451 digestive emergencies were operated on.The mean age was 35.32 ± 15.24.The most common digestive emergency was peritonitis (30.82%).The 15-30 age group was the most affected (37.92%).Appendicitis with a frequency of 19.73% (n = 89) was the second most common emergency with a high frequency in men.Acute bowel obstruction accounted for 14.19% (n = 64) of abdominal emergencies.Patients from Franceville were the most represented with 48.3%, followed by those from Moanda with a frequency of 23.7%, then from Koulamoutou (7.22%) and Okondja (5.64%).Digestive surgical pathologies exist in our environment.An early diagnosis would improve care to reduce morbidity and mortality in our region.