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Surgery in an African bush hospital
Author(s) -
Potter Andrew R.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1982.tb132524.x
Subject(s) - medicine , general hospital , obstetrics and gynaecology , surgery , surgical procedures , general surgery , third world , operating theatres , medical emergency , pregnancy , history , genetics , economic history , biology
A 10‐year review of procedures undertaken in the operating theatres of a rural mission hospital in West Africa showed a total of 13 819 procedures. Of these, one‐third were general surgical, one‐third were minor procedures, and one‐third were obstetric, gynaecological or orthopaedic. This review is a record of the surgical procedures undertaken in a “typical” rural hospital in the Third World. It also indicates that a doctor contemplating a period of overseas service in such a hospital should have basic training in general surgery, obstetrics, gynaecology and trauma.