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From: The demographics of patients affected by surgical disease in district hospitals in two sub-Saharan African countries: a retrospective descriptive analysis

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Diagnoses at different age groups, Bo District Hospital, Sierra Leone. Complications of pregnancy include breech presentation, pre-eclampsia, eclampsia, premature labour, prolonged labour, retained placenta, puerperal sepsis, post-partum haemorrhage, ectopic pregnancy, incomplete abortion, incompletely miscarriage. Acute Abdomen includes abdominal pain, peritonitis, peptic ulcer disease, appendicitis, bowel obstruction. Trauma includes head injury, road traffic accident, assault. Other includes hydrocele, snake bite, wounds, abscesses, urinary retention, anal/penile fistula, septic abrotion, pancreatitis, priapism, otitis media, diabetic foot/ulcer, septic finger, infected wounds, lumps, osteomyelitis, necrotising fasciiis, keloid scar, cyst, unhappy triad of knee, hepatic abscess

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