Annual medical and health report / Nigeria.

  • Nigeria. Medical Department.
Date:
[1936]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Annual medical and health report / Nigeria. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    MAJOR OPERATIONS—continued. Operation. Number performed. Deaths. Brought forward 1,546 16 D. Diseases of the Auditory System. Mastoid operations 12 3 Other operations 25 — E. Diseases of Circulatory System. For aneurysm 2 — For haemorrhoids 135 — For varicose veins 8 — For varicocele ... 16 1 For gangrene 24 2 Other operations ... ... . . 6 1 F. Diseases of Lymphatic System. Excision of glands 267 — Curettage or drainage 286 — For elephantiasis:— (a) Amputation of Scrotum 487 7 (b) Amputation of other parts ... 74 1 (c) Kondoleon or similar operations 7 — G. Diseases of Nasal Passage. Turbinectomy 1 — Removal of polyp 11 — Antrotomy 3 — Other operations 6 H. Diseases of Organs of Respiration. Tracheotomy 7 — For empyema 34 4 I. Diseases of Digestive Tract. Curettage for adenoids ... 14 — Tonsilectomy 24 — For gastric or duodenal ulcer :— (a) Suture for perforation 7 6 (b) Gastro-enterostomy 23 1 (c) Partial gastractomy — — Appendicectomy 102 4 Appendix abscess, drainage 24 1 Caecostomy 1 — Enterostomy or colostomy 11 4 Enterectomy 14 3 Radical cure of hernia 3,3d6 44 For strangulated hernia ... 187 43 For fistula in ano 101 — For iscliio-rectal abscess... 29 1 Exploratory laparotomy ... 66 15 Other operations 96 9 J. Diseases of Liver and Biliary Passages. For abscess of liver:— (a) Aspiration 38 2 (b) Drainage ... 37 2 Cholecystotomy or cholecystostomy 5 A Other operations 16 4 174