Open AccessPopulation-based rates of hernia surgery in Ghana
Author(s) -
Adam Gyedu,
Barclay T Stewart,
Raymond Wadie,
John Antwi,
Peter Donkor,
Charles Mock
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
hernia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.337
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1265-4906
pISSN - 1248-9204
DOI - 10.1007/s10029-019-02027-2
Subject(s) - medicine , hernia , referral , abdominal surgery , general surgery , population , incidence (geometry) , hernia repair , surgery , environmental health , family medicine , physics , optics
To estimate the population-based annual rate of hernia surgery in Ghana, so as to better define the met and unmet need and to identify opportunities to decrease the unmet need.