Open AccessSURGICAL DISEASE IN RURAL AREA;
Author(s) -
Farhan Rathore,
Usman Riaz,
Faizan Riaz,
Altaf Hussain Rathore
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
the professional medical journal/the professional medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2071-7733
pISSN - 1024-8919
DOI - 10.29309/tpmj/2017.24.06.1280
Subject(s) - medicine , disease , surgery , general surgery
Objectives: To find out the prevalence of surgical disease in rural areas ofPakistan. Place and Duration: All the surgical cases registered in Foundation Hospital RajanaDistrict Toba Tek Singh in 2012-2013. Methods: The whole data is analyzed by SSPS andcompared with the other studies of Pakistan and world. Results and Conclusion: Male andfemale are equal in number in Total 7788 cases excluding non-surgical cases between 1 dayto above 70 years age. Majority of the cases were between 21-50 years age group. Commoncause was Trauma, commonest disease was L.B.A and commonest operation was for Herniaand Gallbladder stones.