TY - JOUR
T1 - Burden of cancer in the general surgical population in the eastern region of Ghana
AU - Olecki, Elizabeth Josephine
AU - Ssentongo, Paddy
AU - Dao, Joseph
AU - Wong, William G.
AU - Stahl, Kelly A.
AU - Ofosu-Akromah, Richard
AU - Amponsah-Manu, Foster
AU - Pameijer, Colette
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PY - 2022/3/29
Y1 - 2022/3/29
N2 - OBJECTIVE: To estimate the surgical burden of malignant disease in the Eastern Region of Ghana. DESIGN: Descriptive cross-sectional study. SETTING: Regional hospital in the eastern region of Ghana. PARTICIPANTS: Patients treated by the surgery department at Eastern Regional Hospital in Koforidua, Ghana.None. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY OUTCOME MEASURES: Primary outcome was incidence of malignancy and secondary outcome descriptive differences between patients who had a benign indication for surgery compared with those with a malignant indication for surgery. RESULTS: A total of 1943 inpatient surgical procedures were performed from 2015 to 2017 with 13.4% (261) of all procedures ultimately performed for malignancy. Of all breast procedures performed, 95.2% of procedures resulted in a malignant diagnosis. The remaining subtypes of procedures had rates ranging from <1% to 41.2% of procedures performed for malignant disease. Additionally, this study found over 13% of patients admitted to the surgical service for breast cancer ultimately did not undergo a surgical procedure. CONCLUSION: This is the first study investigating the burden of malignant disease in the Eastern Region of Ghana. We found a substantial prevalence of malignant disease in the surgical population in this region. This information can be used to aid in future medical resource planning in this region.
AB - OBJECTIVE: To estimate the surgical burden of malignant disease in the Eastern Region of Ghana. DESIGN: Descriptive cross-sectional study. SETTING: Regional hospital in the eastern region of Ghana. PARTICIPANTS: Patients treated by the surgery department at Eastern Regional Hospital in Koforidua, Ghana.None. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY OUTCOME MEASURES: Primary outcome was incidence of malignancy and secondary outcome descriptive differences between patients who had a benign indication for surgery compared with those with a malignant indication for surgery. RESULTS: A total of 1943 inpatient surgical procedures were performed from 2015 to 2017 with 13.4% (261) of all procedures ultimately performed for malignancy. Of all breast procedures performed, 95.2% of procedures resulted in a malignant diagnosis. The remaining subtypes of procedures had rates ranging from <1% to 41.2% of procedures performed for malignant disease. Additionally, this study found over 13% of patients admitted to the surgical service for breast cancer ultimately did not undergo a surgical procedure. CONCLUSION: This is the first study investigating the burden of malignant disease in the Eastern Region of Ghana. We found a substantial prevalence of malignant disease in the surgical population in this region. This information can be used to aid in future medical resource planning in this region.
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U2 - 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-051741
DO - 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-051741
M3 - Article
C2 - 35351698
AN - SCOPUS:85127281376
SN - 2044-6055
VL - 12
SP - e051741
JO - BMJ open
JF - BMJ open
IS - 3
ER -