Objective: This systematic review was aimed to address the prevalence and causes of
intestinal obstruction in Ethiopia. Methods: Systematic searches were conducted on …

Background Most of the few neurosurgeons in Nigeria are clustered in the urban centers.
Consequently, a large proportion of the population who live in the rural areas have no direct …

Background: The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that injuries constitute 16% of
the global burden of disease. This translates into 5.8 million injury-related deaths annually …

Background: In low-resource regions of the world, discharge against medical advice (DAMA)
is one empiric contributory factor to poor in-hospital outcome that is not often mentioned …

Objective: This study aimed to describe the pattern and outcome of paediatric surgical cases
operated upon in a newly established paediatric surgical unit in Nigeria. Subjects and …

Background Difficult laparascopic cholecystectomy has greater risk of biliary, vascular and
visceral injuries. A tool to predict the difficulty help to prepare a head and avoid …

Background: The objectives of this study were to evaluate outcomes among patients with
acute abdomen and abdominal trauma who presented at either of 2 referral hospitals in …

Background: Tikur Anbessa specialized hospital (TASH) is Ethiopia's largest tertiary
teaching and referral hospital admitting and treating surgical patients under various …

There are not many studies of gallbladder disease in Africa. The disease appears to be not
uncommon in Ethiopia. To determine the prevalence and evaluate the management of …

Objective: This study is aimed to assess the trends and outcomes of cholecystectomy in a
teaching hospital in Addis Ababa by comparing the recently introduced laparoscopic …