ArticleWorld journal of surgery2012
Do hernia operations in african international cooperation programmes provide good quality?
Article in World journal of surgery, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT01872364 (A Material Cost-Minimization Analysis for Hernia Repairs and Minor Procedures During a Surgical Mission in the Dominican Republic), which is not on this map. Cited by 18 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
A Material Cost-Minimization Analysis for Hernia Repairs and Minor Procedures During a Surgical Mission in the Dominican Republic
Who cites it
18 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Adult groin hernia surgery in sub-Saharan Africa: a 20-year systematic review and meta-analysis.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2023Pooled it
- Charitable platforms in global surgery: a systematic review of their effectiveness, cost-effectiveness, sustainability, and role training.World journal of surgery · 2015Pooled it
- Short-term medical service trips: a systematic review of the evidence.American journal of public health · 2014Pooled it
- Prospective results of locally delivered low-cost mesh inguinal hernia repair in a low resource setting.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2026Observational
- A Retrospective Proof-of-Concept Study of the Impact of Point of Care Ultrasound During Short-Term Surgical Missions.POCUS journal · 2025Article
- Analyzing complications and implementing solutions in a pediatric inguinal hernia cooperation program in Equatorial Guinea: a prospective cohort study.Annals of pediatric surgery · 2023Article
- Goiter surgery recommendations in sub-Saharan Africa in humanitarian cooperation.Laryngoscope investigative otolaryngology · 2022Article
- Humanitarian Surgical Missions in Times of COVID-19: Recommendations to Safely Return to a Sub-Saharan Africa Low-Resource Setting.World journal of surgery · 2021Article
- Clinical Outcome, Social Impact and Patient Expectation: a Purposive Sampling Pilot Evaluation of Patients in Benin Seven Years After Surgery.World journal of surgery · 2018Article
- Sustainability of using the WHO surgical safety checklist: a mixed-methods longitudinal evaluation following a nationwide blended educational implementation strategy in Madagascar.BMJ global health · 2018Article
- Evaluation of a countrywide implementation of the world health organisation surgical safety checklist in Madagascar.PloS one · 2018Article
- Accountability in global surgery missions.BMJ global health · 2018Article
- Humanitarianism in surgery.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2017Article
- Feasibility and limits of inguinal hernia repair under local anaesthesia in a limited resource environment: a prospective controlled study.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2017Article
- The Usefulness of International Cooperation in the Repair of Inguinal Hernias in Sub-Saharan Africa.World journal of surgery · 2015Article
- Surgical treatment of endemic goiter in a nonhospital setting without general anesthesia in Africa.World journal of surgery · 2014Article
- Ethics in global surgery.World journal of surgery · 2014Review
- A material cost-minimization analysis for hernia repairs and minor procedures during a surgical mission in the Dominican Republic.Surgical endoscopy · 2014Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
10 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundHernia is especially prevalent in developing countries where the population is obliged to undertake strenuous work in order to survive, and International Cooperation Programmes are helping to solve this problem. However, the quality of surgical interventions is unknown. The objective of the present study was to evaluate the quality of hernia repair processes carried out by the Surgical Solidarity Charity in Central African States. MATERIALS AND
methodsA total of 524 cases of inguinal hernia repair carried out in Cameroon and Mali during 2005 to 2009 were compared with 386 cases treated in a Multicentre Spanish Study (2003). General data (clinical, demographic, etc.), type of surgery, complications, and effectiveness and efficiency indicators were collected.
resultsPreoperative studies in the Spanish group were greater in number than in the African group. The use of local anesthesia was similar. Antibiotic prophylaxis was higher in the African group (100% to 75.4%). The use of mesh was similar. The incidence of hematomas was higher in the Spanish group (11.61% to 4.61%), but the incidence of infection of the wound and of hernia recurrence was similar, although follow-up was only carried out in 20.97% in the African group (70% in the Spanish group). Hospital stay of more than 24 h was higher in the Spanish group.
conclusionsThe standard quality of surgery for the treatment of hernia in developing countries with few instrumental means, and in sub-optimal surgical conditions is similar to that provided in Spain.
Indexed as
Identifiers
22976790What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.