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19270297

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-3-9
pubmed:abstractText
In a pilot program of mass surgery weeks (MSW) to provide hydrocelectomy services to men with filarial scrotal hydrocele, local general practitioners performed 425 surgical repairs in 301 men in five MSW in three rural Nigerian community hospitals between 2002 and 2005. The most common (94%) procedure used was the eversion technique, which was most familiar to the practitioners. Postoperative complications included hematoma (3.7%) and infection (3%), and there was one death from infection in an elderly man with previously unrecognized diabetes. In 115 patients (38%) followed for 1 to 3 years, the hydrocele recurrence rate was 7%. The eversion technique gives an acceptable outcome, and MSW are safe and effective if strict attention is paid to preoperative screening of candidates and asepsis.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
1476-1645
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
80
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
447-51
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
A pilot program of mass surgery weeks for treatment of hydrocele due to lymphatic filariasis in central Nigeria.
pubmed:affiliation
The Carter Center, Atlanta, Georgia 30307, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't