Annual report of the Medical and Sanitary Department / Sierra Leone.

  • Sierra Leone. Medical and Sanitary Department.
Date:
[1934]
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Credit: Annual report of the Medical and Sanitary Department / Sierra Leone. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    A—REPORT OF THE SURGICAL SPECIALIST. The Surgical Clinic at the Connaught Hospital has been carried on under adverse condi¬ tions during the tear—the necessity tor strict economy preventing the clinic from being brought up to date. In spite of this, a larger number of cases have been dealt with than in any previous year. Two hundred and fifty-two operations for hernia were done, and these continue to be the mam operative procedure, while forty-two patients were relieved of elephantoid scrotum without any mortality. As regards Europeans the year was remarkable for the number of operations for acute appendicitis. Operation's at the Connaught and European Host iials in 1934. Cured. Relieved. -strangulated (/) Abdominal: Herniotomy—inguinal Herniotomy—femoral II erniotomy—ventra 1 Herniotomy Gastric resection ... Gastro-enterostomy Closure of faecal fistula Enterectomy «/ A p pen dicectomy J ej unostomy Colostomy Ccecostomy Exploratory laparotomv Aspiration of liver for liver abscess Aspiration of ascites Volvulus Talma—Morrison operation Splenectomy (,2) Ano-Rectal: Excision of fistula in ano Excision of haemorrhoids Excision of rectum Dilation of rectal stricture Sigmoidoscopy (,3) Ear, Nose and Throat: Excision of ranula Mastoidectomy Enucleation of tonsils and adenoids Drainage of frontal sinus Bronchoscopy Laryngoscopy Tracheotomy Suture of larynx ... Cauterisation of larynx Excision of thvro-glossal fistula (4) Eyes: Extraction of cataract Excision of eye ball (J) Genito Urinary: Cystoscopy U rethroscopy Excision of scrotum for elephantiasis Excision of hypertrophied scrotum Radical cure of hydrocele ... Suprapubic prostatectomy ... Suprapubic cystostomy for drainage of bladder Tapping of hydrocele Excision of diverticula of bladder Dilation of stricture Transplantation of ureters ... Un¬ relieved Died. 238 — — 1 0 1 — -— — 1 1 — — O «> — — — 1 1 — — — 1 — — 1 — — — 1 9 — — — — 1 — — — — — 1 — — — 1 — 6 5 4 *2 — — 1 — 6 — — — — — 1 — 1 — — 1 — — — 2 3 — — — — — — 1 — 16 — — — — 17 — 2 _ _ 0 “~“■ 2 6 — — — 1 — — — — — 2 — — — 7 — — — — 1 1 — — — — 1 — — 1 — — — 2 — _ _ 1 — — — — — 12 — — — 1 — 42 — — — 20 — — — 1 1 1 — — 1 2 — — — 4 — — — — 30 — — 1 -— — — — 314 — — — — — 1