Table 3 Management of patients who had emergency general surgical conditions (N = 356)
n | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
Non-surgical managementa | ||
Antibiotics and other medications | 332 | 93.3 |
Wound care | 177 | 49.7 |
Urethral catheterization | 36 | 10.1 |
Nasogastric insertion | 34 | 9.6 |
Blood transfusion | 7 | 2.0 |
Other medical therapy | 4 | 1.1 |
Overall treatment at district hospital | ||
Surgery and non-surgical management | 185 | 52.0 |
Surgery alone | 3 | 0.8 |
Non-surgical management | 143 | 43.5 |
No indication of surgery or non-surgical management | 13 | 3.7 |
For individuals who had surgery at the district hospital (n = 188) | ||
Hospital of surgery | ||
Butaro | 81 | 43.1 |
Rwinkwavu | 58 | 30.8 |
Kirehe | 49 | 26.1 |
Type anesthesia (n = 110) | ||
Spinal/Regional | 39 | 35.5 |
General | 33 | 30.0 |
Sedation | 32 | 29.1 |
Local | 6 | 5.4 |
Operator (n = 122) | ||
General practitioner | 74 | 60.7 |
General surgeon | 48 | 39.3 |
Type of intervention (n = 186) | ||
Incision and drainage | 114 | 61.3 |
Laparotomy | 20 | 10.8 |
Debridement | 17 | 9.1 |
Hernia repair | 10 | 5.4 |
Amputation/disarticulation | 9 | 5.3 |
Suprapubic catheterization | 5 | 2.7 |
Skin graft | 2 | 1.1 |
Biopsy | 1 | 0.5 |
Others | 7 | 3.8 |