Rare abdominal wall hernias in South Sudan
The repair of abdominal wall hernias (AWH’s) is the most common surgical procedure in the world. In South Sudan there are two unusual aspects. As elsewhere, the most frequent types of AWH are inguinal and umbilical in adults and femoral and epigastric in children and babies. However in South Sudan t...
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Health and Social Sciences Research Institute - South Sudan (HSSRI-SS)
2013-05-01
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| author | Elena Codognotto Alberto Kiss Giuseppe Meo Giorgio Olivero Peter Taliente |
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| description | The repair of abdominal wall hernias (AWH’s) is the most common surgical procedure in the world. In South Sudan there are two unusual aspects. As elsewhere, the most frequent types of AWH are inguinal and umbilical in adults and femoral and epigastric in children and babies. However in South Sudan there is a high incidence of what the Western medical literature describes as ‘rare AWH’s’. These, in our experience, are the Spigelian (Figures 1 and 2) and lumbar (Figure 3) hernias representing 9% and 12 % respectively all hernia cases. In addition we see a number of umbilical hernias (Figures 4 and 5) which may reach a large size and become confused with Busoga hernias. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-32191c500630410f967003fb44cdb7112023-01-02T18:08:19ZengHealth and Social Sciences Research Institute - South Sudan (HSSRI-SS)South Sudan Medical Journal2309-46052309-46132013-05-01622830Rare abdominal wall hernias in South SudanElena Codognotto0Alberto Kiss1Giuseppe Meo2Giorgio Olivero3Peter Taliente4Comitato Collaborazione Medica (CCM)Comitato Collaborazione Medica (CCM)Comitato Collaborazione Medica (CCM)Comitato Collaborazione Medica (CCM)Comitato Collaborazione Medica (CCM)The repair of abdominal wall hernias (AWH’s) is the most common surgical procedure in the world. In South Sudan there are two unusual aspects. As elsewhere, the most frequent types of AWH are inguinal and umbilical in adults and femoral and epigastric in children and babies. However in South Sudan there is a high incidence of what the Western medical literature describes as ‘rare AWH’s’. These, in our experience, are the Spigelian (Figures 1 and 2) and lumbar (Figure 3) hernias representing 9% and 12 % respectively all hernia cases. In addition we see a number of umbilical hernias (Figures 4 and 5) which may reach a large size and become confused with Busoga hernias.http://www.southsudanmedicaljournal.com/archive/may-2013/rare-abdominal-wall-hernias-in-south-sudan.html |
| spellingShingle | Elena Codognotto Alberto Kiss Giuseppe Meo Giorgio Olivero Peter Taliente Rare abdominal wall hernias in South Sudan South Sudan Medical Journal |
| title | Rare abdominal wall hernias in South Sudan |
| title_full | Rare abdominal wall hernias in South Sudan |
| title_fullStr | Rare abdominal wall hernias in South Sudan |
| title_full_unstemmed | Rare abdominal wall hernias in South Sudan |
| title_short | Rare abdominal wall hernias in South Sudan |
| title_sort | rare abdominal wall hernias in south sudan |
| url | http://www.southsudanmedicaljournal.com/archive/may-2013/rare-abdominal-wall-hernias-in-south-sudan.html |
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