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[The profile urological emergencies at the Conakry University Teaching Hospital, Guinea]
A Bobo Diallo1, I Bah, T M O Diallo
1Service d'urologie-andrologie, hôpital Ignace-Deen, CHU de Conakry, BP 615, Conakry, Guinée. diallo_abobo@yahoo.fr
Objective:
To stick out the profile urological emergencies at the Conakry University Teaching Hospital, Guinea.
Patients And Methods:
This retrospective study, carried out over a period of 3 years (January 2005-December 2007), included 757 urological emergencies admitted to the urology department of the university hospital of Conakry, Guinea.
Results:
The mean age of patients was 56 years. These patients had an age equal to or higher than 60 years in 58% of the cases. The sex ratio (M/F) was 16.6. According to the social profession, the farmer (40,6%) and workers (21%) were the dominant patients. The most frequent illness was vesical urinary retention (73.9%), hematuria (9.6%) and genito-urinary system trauma (7%). The most performed procedures were the installation of a urethral catheter (55.25%) and the installation of a suprapubic catheter (24.14%).
Conclusion:
The most frequent urological emergency in our country was vesical urinary retention, the hematuria and genito-urinary system trauma are not rare there.
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