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[Surgical humanitarian missions. An experience over 18 years]
1Service de Chirurgie Viscérale et Vasculaire, Centre hospitalier général Robert-Billon, Lisieux.
Chirurgie; Memoires De L'Academie De Chirurgie
|January 1, 1991
Abstract:
One hundred and fourteen Surgical Humanitarian Assignments carried out in 18 years in three African countries allowed performing 17,036 operations, including 72.42% for abdominopelvic surgery, 17.38% for traumatology and 10.22 for various illnesses. Basic gynecological surgery and the cure of hernias made up 81.68% of all operations. 40.25% of all surgery was performed in emergency. The general mortality rate is 3.3% with extreme values of 73.80% for multiple injuries and 1.07% for the cure of hernias.