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Table 3 Common operations over time

From: Epidemiology of surgery in a protracted humanitarian setting: a 20-year retrospective study of Nyarugusu Refugee Camp, Kigoma, Western Tanzania

 

Total

2000–2005

2006–2010

2011–2015

2016–2020

N

10,780

1609

1812

3244

4115

Caesarean section

8461 (78.5%)

1041 (64.7%)

1463 (80.7%)

2571 (79.3%)

3386 (82.3%)

Herniorrhaphy

741 (6.9%)

209 (13.0%)

124 (6.8%)

184 (5.7%)

224 (5.4%)

Bilateral tubal ligation

735 (6.8%)

106 (6.6%)

186 (10.3%)

273 (8.4%)

170 (4.1%)

Exploratory laparotomy

555 (5.1%)

131 (8.1%)

85 (4.7%)

182 (5.6%)

157 (3.8%)

Hysterectomy

220 (2.0%)

38 (2.4%)

32 (1.8%)

73 (2.3%)

77 (1.9%)

Appendectomy

142 (1.3%)

18 (1.1%)

55 (3.0%)

43 (1.3%)

26 (0.6%)

Repair

129 (1.2%)

3 (0.2%)

3 (0.2%)

47 (1.4%)

76 (1.8%)

Hydrocelectomy

129 (1.2%)

50 (3.1%)

22 (1.2%)

23 (0.7%)

34 (0.8%)

Orchidectomy

40 (0.4%)

2 (0.1%)

2 (0.1%)

22 (0.7%)

14 (0.3%)

Cystectomy

37 (0.3%)

7 (0.4%)

8 (0.4%)

11 (0.3%)

11 (0.3%)

Hemorrhoidectomy

22 (0.2%)

7 (0.4%)

1 (0.1%)

5 (0.2%)

9 (0.2%)

Colporrhaphy

21 (0.2%)

17 (1.1%)

0 (0.0%)

1 (0.0%)

3 (0.1%)

Missing

90 (0.8%)

28 (1.7%)

6 (0.3%)

19 (0.6%)

37 (0.9%)