Challenges to Surgery in Sub-Saharan Africa, some Rwandan aspects
- Intestinal obstruction remains one of the commonest causes of acute abdomen and emergency surgery at KUTH
- Also in the world
- It is a significant cause of mortality and morbidity in all ages
- It shows variation in different areas of our country
- As well as worldwide
- We report the pattern of intestinal obstruction observed in Kigali University Teaching hospital over one year period
- This was a one year
- Retrospective study from January to December 2014
- Consisting of analyzing medical records of patients admitted with intestinal obstruction at KUTH
- All data was entered into a personal computer and analyzed using SPSS (version 16
