Volume 13, Issue 4, August 2025

  • Research Article

    Pattern of Pediatric Musculoskeletal Surgical Admissions to a Tertiary Hospital in a Low-Income Country: A Retrospective Review of Medical Records

    Birhanu Ayana Deffa*, Bahiru Bezabhi, Samirawit Esayas

    Issue: Volume 13, Issue 4, August 2025
    Pages: 69-76
    Received: 27 May 2025
    Accepted: 16 June 2025
    Published: 10 July 2025
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    Abstract: Background: Pediatric musculoskeletal surgical conditions pose a major public health challenge in Ethiopia, similar to other low-middle income countries. There is a dearth of information about a pattern of pediatric musculoskeletal surgical diseases. Understanding the burden of these disorders in children will inform capacity building efforts, reso... Show More
  • Research Article

    Traumatic Perforation of the Colon in the General Surgery Department of the Ignance Deen National Hospital-chu in Conakry (Guinea)

    Abdoulaye Yattara*, Ansoumane Conde, Alpha Douno, Naby Fofana, Sandaly Diakite, Labilé Togba Soumaoro, Houssein Fofana, Aboubacar Toure

    Issue: Volume 13, Issue 4, August 2025
    Pages: 77-81
    Received: 8 June 2025
    Accepted: 1 July 2025
    Published: 22 July 2025
    DOI: 10.11648/j.js.20251304.12
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    Abstract: Aim: To describe the epidemiological, anatomoclinical aspects and management of traumatic colon perforations in general surgery at the Ignace Deen University Hospital in Conakry. Materials and methods: this was a retrospective study, descriptive type, lasting 5 years (September 2018 to September 2023). All successive records of patients operated on... Show More