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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Feasibility of outpatient surgery in the tropics
Tropical Doctor, Volume 20, No. 1, Year 1990
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Description
The feasibility of outpatient surgery was investigated at a regional hospital in a Third World country. A series of 73 patients with uncomplicated hernias (inguinal, femoral) and hydroceles were allocated at random to receive standard surgical treatment either as inpatients (group 1) or as outpatients (group 2). Patients living within a 4 km radius of the hospital or who agreed to stay in specially provided quarters nearby were eligible to take part in the study. Patients not able to follow the basic hygiene rules taught by the local staff were excluded. The morbidity rate was 5/36 (13.8%) in group 1 and 8/37 (21.6%) in group 2. No statistically significant differences were demonstrated between the complications that occurred in the two groups. © 1990, SAGE Publications. All rights reserved.
Authors & Co-Authors
Favretti, F.
Italy, Padua
Università Degli Studi Di Padova
Pucciarelli, Salvatore
Italy, Padua
Università Degli Studi Di Padova
Lise, M.
Italy, Padua
Università Degli Studi Di Padova
Tieba, M.
Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou
Ministere de la Sante Ouagadougou
Rotigliano, G. F.
Italy, Rome
Ministero Affari Esteri
Banzata, O.
Italy, Padua
International College Health Cooperation
Statistics
Citations: 6
Authors: 6
Affiliations: 4
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1177/004947559002000106
ISSN:
00494755
e-ISSN:
17581133
Research Areas
Health System And Policy