Surgical diagnoses and post-operative outcomes of intestinal obstruction among adults in regional referral hospitals, in Dares-Salaam, Tanzania
| dc.contributor.author | Mponzi, Shadrack S. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-01-19T07:53:22Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-01-19T07:53:22Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2022 | |
| dc.description | A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of Master of Medicine degree in Surgery of Hubert Kairuki Memorial University September 2022 | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Background: There is limited available published information regarding the surgical outcomes of intestinal obstruction among adult patients in Dar-es-salaam regional referral hospitals. Objective: To assess the surgical diagnoses and outcomes of intestinal obstruction among adult patients treated in the regional referral hospitals in Dar-es-salaam - Tanzania. Study design: Observational hospital based prospective study. Study settings: Dar-es-salaam regional referral hospitals (Amana,Mwananyamala& Temeke) Study duration: December 2021 to July 2022. Methods: Data were collected using a pre-validated clinical sheet. All adult patients with post-operative surgical diagnoses of intestinal obstruction at Amana, Mwananyamala and Temeke hospitals were recruited. Data were analyzed using SAS (statistical analytical software) version 9.7. Results: The study analysed 228 adult males and females with an average of 1411 patients-days of follow-up covering the period of December 2021 to July 2022 (inclusive).The median age was 47(IQR: 3-6) days.During the study period, 12 patients (5.26%) died,20 (9%)had surgical site infection, 2(0.9%)had wound dehiscence while 1 (0.4%)had anastomotic leak. Intra-operative findings identified for intestinal obstruction included adhesions(OR=5.66, 95% C.I. = 4.3-7.1), abdominal tumors(OR=1.028, 95% C.I. = 1.02 – 1.12),hernia(OR=2.04, 95% C.I.= 1.01 – 6.23) and volvulus (OR=4.2, 95%C.I.=3.1 – 5.0).There were no statistically significant differences (χ2 test value = 4.992; df= 10, p value = 0.8997) In specific surgical outcomes of deaths, discharged, sepsis, and/or abscondment among the studied hospitals. Conclusion: Adhesions, abdominal tumors, hernia and volvulus were the most frequent intraoperative causes. About one-in-twenty of all followed-up patients died during the study period. Almost one-in-ten of all followed-up patients had evidence of post-operative complications. There was no evidence of hospital effects for surgical outcomes in this study. Recommendations: The relatively high mortality rate found in this study has to be worked upon by further studies to reduce it. For the unknown post-operative patients, about one in twenty | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Mponzi, S.S., 2022. Surgical diagnoses and post-operative outcomes of intestinal obstruction among adults in regional referral hospitals, in Dares-Salaam, Tanzania.HKMU. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1270 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Hubert Kairuki Memorial University | en_US |
| dc.subject | Intestinal obstruction | en_US |
| dc.subject | Prospective | en_US |
| dc.subject | Dar es Salaam | en_US |
| dc.title | Surgical diagnoses and post-operative outcomes of intestinal obstruction among adults in regional referral hospitals, in Dares-Salaam, Tanzania | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |