Bilharzia Appendicitis: Incidence in a Commune in Mali, about 3CAS

Appendicitis bilharzia is a very rare condition and we report 3 cases of this pathology that sense clinical and biological similarities with bacterial appendicitis. The etiological diagnosis was exclusively histopathological, this allowed to highlight eggs of Schistosome in the appendicular wall in the three patients. The surgical treatment was supplemented by a specific medical treatment based on praziquantel. The surgical suites were simple for 2 patients, complicated by superficial parietal suppuration in a patient.

Clinical and Therapeutic Aspects of Inguinal Hernia at the Reference Health Centre of Commune II of the District of Bamako

Objective: To study the diagnostic and therapeutic aspects of uncomplicated inguinal hernias in the general surgery unit of CSRéf CII. Method: This was a prospective, descriptive, single-centre study from 1 January 2016 to 31 December 2016 of 84 patients operated on for inguinal hernias in the general surgery unit of CSRéf CII. Results: Inguinal hernia accounted for 8% of surgical consultations and hernia repair accounted for 30.22% of surgical procedures. Hernia repair accounted for 30.22% of surgical procedures. The male sex was the most represented with a ratio of 7.40. The average age of our patients was 43.19 years. Recurrence occurred in 10% of cases. The right side was most affected in 71.43% of cases, 19.05% on the left side in;it was bilateral in 09.52%. Local anaesthesia was used in 67.86% of our patients, general anaesthesia in 13.09% of cases and locoregional anaesthesia in 19.05% of cases. The hernia was external oblique in 75% of cases. Shouldice’s technique was the most used with 88%;Bassini’s technique was used in 7% and Mac Vay’s in 5% of cases. The postoperative course was simple in 96.43% of cases, with an early postoperative morbidity rate of 3.57%, one case of wall abscess and two cases of parietal haematoma. No deaths were observed during our study. Conclusion: The new methods of tension-free cure should be used more and more by our users in our facilities.

Acute Appendicities in the Reference Health Center of Municipality II of Bamako District

This was a prospective study from January 2019 to December 2019 in the reference health center of municipality II of the Bamako district. During this period, we operated on 73 patients for acute appendicitis, including 51 men and 22 women, for a sex ratio of 1.7. The average age was 25.5 with extremes of 1 and 40 years. Abdominal pain was the main reason for consultation. The physical signs were dominated by the positivity of the Blumberg sign in 97.3% of the cases, the defense of the right iliac fossa in 79.5%, and the Rovsing sign in 61.6% of the cases. This physical examination made it possible to make the diagnosis in the majority of cases. In the face of some doubtful cases, we requested an abdominal ultrasound. Locoregional anesthesia was the most used anesthesia technique at 72.6%. The classic anterograde appendectomy with stump burial by Mac Burney was the most commonly used technique, respectively. The postoperative consequences were straightforward in 87.6%. Anatomopathology examination was performed on 69 surgical specimens and 4 appendectomy specimens were not subjected to an anatomo-pathological examination. Phlegmonous appendicitis was the most common at 63% of cases. Appendicitis remains the most common surgical emergency in a community setting. The early diagnosis and the speed of treatment guarantee improvements in the prognosis. The treatment is mainly surgical.

Digestive Surgical Emergencies at the Commune II Reference Health Centre in the District of Bamako

We conducted a prospective descriptive study from January 1 to December 31, 2018 with the objectives of determining the frequency of digestive surgical emergencies, describing the clinical and para-clinical aspects of the management of digestive surgical emergencies, evaluating the therapeutic aspect of digestive surgical emergencies and analysing the post-operative follow-up of patients operated on in emergencies. We counted 120 patients operated on for digestive surgical emergencies, which corresponds to 5.80% of all consultations and 44.80% of all surgical interventions. The male sex was the most represented with a ratio of 1.80. The average age was 27.5 years. The majority of patients were from Bamako. Abdominal pain was the reason for consultation in 80% of cases. The diagnosis was essentially clinical and paraclinical in doubtful cases. These included ultrasound, unprepared abdomen and sometimes abdominal CT scans. Acute appendicitis was the most common pathology with 42.5%. General anaesthesia and spinal anaesthesia were used with 50% each. The majority of patients were operated on between 30 minutes and 12 hours after their admission to the department (71.7%). Acute peritonitis accounted for 67% of deaths from sepsis. The surgical technique was decided according to the pathology and the surgeon’s choice. The postoperative course was simple in the majority of cases. The prognosis is good when the management is early. The treatment is medical-surgical.

Torsion of Ovarian Tumor in the Elderly: About a Case

We report a case of torsion of an ovarian tumor in a 68-year-old woman with no medical and surgical history. The diagnosis was made in front of an intermittently painful pelvic mass. The treatment consisted of a left annexectomy;the anatomopathological examination revealed a fibro-inflammatory and hemorrhagic cyst. Postoperative results were simple with a 12-month follow-up.

Abdominoperineal Resection in Rectal Cancer in General Surgery Department at Gabriel Toure University Hospital

The objectives: Were to determine the hospital frequency of abdominoperineal resection (APR);to determine mortality and morbidity rates and to assess oncologic outcomes. Method and patients: We performed a retrospective study between 2008 and 2013 in general surgery department at Gabriel Toure University Hospital (UH) which included all patients admitted for rectal cancer confirmed by pathological examination, and having undergone an APR. Results: We have collected 17 cases which accounted for 65.38% of curative resections of rectal cancer. The sex-ratio was 0.89 and the averageage was 49.53 years. The average tumor distance from the anal verge was 4.59 ± 1.7 cm. All patients had adenocarcinoma of the rectum. The histopathologic grade was well in 7 cases, moderate and poor in 5 cases each. According to the pathologic TNM classification, 13 patients were classified T4, 14 patients N+. APR was associated with hysterectomy and partial colpectomy in 4 cases. The average duration of interventions was 202.06 ± 25.68 minutes. The average duration of hospitalization was 18.24 ± 04.89 days. The postoperative mortality and morbidity rates were 5.88% and 29.42%, respectively. Local recurrence was observed in 6 patients and liver metastasis in 2 patients. The overall survival rate was 37.5% at 2 years and 18.75% at 5 years. Conclusion: APR still occupies an important place in our practice. Our results could be improved by the recent introduction of neoadjuvant radio chemotherapy in Mali.