ArticleInternational journal of surgery (London, England)2015
An estimate of hernia prevalence in Nepal from a countrywide community survey.
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- Hernia among Patients Admitted to the Department of Surgery of a Tertiary Care Centre.JNMA; journal of the Nepal Medical Association · 2023Article
- Prevalence, incidence, repair rate, and morbidity of groin hernias in Sierra Leone: cross-sectional household study.BJS open · 2023Article
- Worldwide magnitude of inguinal hernia: Systematic review and meta-analysis of population-based studies.SAGE open medicine · 2022Review
- Living with a giant inguinoscrotal hernia for 35 years-a case report.Journal of surgical case reports · 2021Article
- Population-based rates of hernia surgery in Ghana.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2020Article
- Antibiotics for Groin Hernia Repair According to Evidence-Based Guidelines: Time for Action in Ghana.The Journal of surgical research · 2019Article
- Cost-Effectiveness of a Locally Organized Surgical Outreach Mission: Making a Case for Strengthening Local Non-Governmental Organizations.World journal of surgery · 2017Article
- Assessment of Barriers to Essential Surgical Care in Two Communities in the Upper West Region, Ghana.Journal of health care for the poor and underserved · 2017Article
- Barriers to essential surgical care experienced by women in the two northernmost regions of Ghana: a cross-sectional survey.BMC women's health · 2016Article
- Barriers to Essential Surgical Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Pilot Study of a Comprehensive Assessment Tool in Ghana.World journal of surgery · 2015Article
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Abstract
backgroundHerniorrhaphy is one of the most frequently performed general surgical operations worldwide. However, most low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are unable to provide this essential surgery to the general public, resulting in considerable morbidity and mortality. This study aimed to estimate the prevalence, barriers to care and disability of untreated hernias in Nepal.
methodsNepal is a low-income country in South Asia with rugged terrain, infrastructure deficiencies and a severely under-resourced healthcare system resulting in substantial unmet surgical need. A cluster randomized, cross-sectional household survey was performed using the validated Surgeons OverSeas Assessment of Surgical (SOSAS) tool. Fifteen randomized clusters consisting of 30 households with two randomly selected respondents each were sampled to estimate surgical need. The prevalence of and disability from groin hernias and barriers to herniorrhaphy were assessed.
resultsThe survey sampled 1350 households, totaling 2695 individuals (97% response rate). There were 1434 males (53%) with 1.5% having a mass or swelling in the groin at time of survey (95% CI 1.8-4.0). The age-standardized rate for inguinal hernias in men ranged from 1144 per 100,000 persons between age 5 and 49 years and 2941 per 100,000 persons age≥50 years. Extrapolating nationally, there are nearly 310,000 individuals with groin masses and 66,000 males with soft/reducible groin masses in need of evaluation in Nepal. Twenty-nine respondents were not able to have surgery due to lack of surgical services (31%), fear or mistrust of the surgical system (31%) and inability to afford care (21%). Twenty percent were unable to work as previous or perform self-care due to their hernia.
conclusionsDespite the lower than expected prevalence of inguinal hernias, hundreds of thousands of people in Nepal are currently in need of surgical evaluation. Given that essential surgery is a necessary component in health systems, the prevalence of inguinal hernias and the cost-effectiveness of herniorrhaphy, this disease is an important target for LMICs planning surgical capacity improvements.
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