Post-Operative Follow-Up Of Abdominal Emergencies At The Niamey National Hospital

Abstract

Introduction: Digestive surgical emergency is an important public health problem in terms of morbidity and mortality. It can be seen at any age. The prognosis depends on the precocity of treatment. Patients and Method: We carried out a prospective, descriptive and cross-sectional study involving 78 post-operative patients who underwent emergency abdominal surgery at the Niamey National Hospital over a period of one month from the 1st to March 31, 2023. Included in the study were all patients who consulted the emergency department of the HNN, who were operated on and hospitalized in the post-operative, intensive care and visceral surgery departments, during the study period. The variables studied were: Age, sex, origin, personal history and profession, treatment received preoperatively, postoperatively, evolution during treatment, duration of hospitalization and patient outcome. The data were entered and analyzed using Microsoft 2016 and Sphinx.v5 software.