Peptic ulcer surgery at a rural hospital in Kenya.
Abstract
In this study, 157 patients who underwent surgery for peptic ulcer disease in a 215-bed mission hospital in Nyeri, Kenya were evaluated. One hundred and thirty seven patients (87.3%) had duodenal ulcer. Vagotomy and drainage was performed in 82.8% with an overall mortality of 1.3%. There were no serious complications during operation but side effects were experienced during the post operative period. Various aspects of peptic ulcer surgery are discussed
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2060475http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/31212
Citation
East Afr Med J. 1991 Jan;68(1):15-20Publisher
University of Nairobi School of medicine,University of Nairobi Department of Surgery, Makerere University
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