Epidemiology of Digestive Surgical Emergencies in a Sub-Saharan African Country: A Multicentre Pilot Study Protocol

Maguatte Faye; Adja Coumba Diallo; Mamadou Ndiaye; Papa Mamadou Faye; Abdourahmane Ndong; Mamadou Cisse

doi:10.29337/ijsp.186

Epidemiology of Digestive Surgical Emergencies in a Sub-Saharan African Country: A Multicentre Pilot Study Protocol

Int J Surg Protoc. 2023 Feb 7;27(1):18-22. doi: 10.29337/ijsp.186. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Maguatte Faye¹, Adja Coumba Diallo², Mamadou Ndiaye³, Papa Mamadou Faye⁴, Abdourahmane Ndong², Mamadou Cisse⁴

Affiliations

¹ General Surgery Department of Dakar Principal Hospital, SN.
² General Surgery Department of Saint Louis Regional Hospital, US.
³ General Surgery Department of Aristide le Dantec Hospital, SN.
⁴ General Surgery Department of Dalal Jamm Hospital, SN.

Abstract

Introduction: Digestive surgical emergencies remains one of the main general surgery activities. Despite the associated mortality rate in low income countries, epidemiologic data about this subject is rare and multicenter studies are even more. We aimed to study an epidemiology of digestive surgical emergencies in Senegal by multicenter protocol.

Methods and analysis: it will a prospective multicenter pilot study from May to July 2022. The patients were from General surgery departments of these teaching hospital in Senegal: Dakar Principal Hospital, Aristide le Dantec Hospital, Dalal Jamm hospital and Saint-Louis Regional Hospital. The Schwartz formula was used. We used a proportion of abdominal surgical emergency of 20%. We had a sample size of 246 patients.

Ethics and dissemination: this research protocol will be submitted to Ethics committee of four hospital that included. The results of this study can help to get better the management of our digestives emergencies and at the same time improve mortality rate.

Highlights: Digestive surgical emergencies is a public health issueBecause of high mortality rate in poorest countries, epidemiological data in Senegal must be knownThese information can help to lower associated mortality.

Keywords: emergencies; epidemiology; mortality; multicenter; surgery.