Table 2.

List of surgical procedures or reasons for surgical consultation listed in the literature.

Surgical speciality	Surgical procedures or reason for consultation	Numbers of publications per item	General anaesthesia
Orthopedic	Incision & drainage of pus from ankle	n = 1 [11]
	Amputation (toes, big toe, not detailed)	n = 5 [12,13,19,27,41]	Partial amputation of the big toe [19], and other toes [41]
	Fractures (tibia/fibula, medial malleolus, limbs,facial bones, vertebrae, arm, thorax, pelvis,femor, mandible, wrist)	n = 9 [12–14,18,19,23,27,34,35]	Femoral fracture reduction [19]
	Dislocation	n = 2 [12,23]
	Animal bites	n = 2 [12,27]
	Nerve damage	n = 1 [12]
	Foreign bodies	n = 5 [12,27,30,31,35]
	Superficial and deep wound	n = 9 [10,12,15,27,30,31,33,35,41]	Foot repair with joint damage [41]
	Tendon injuries	n = 1 [12]
	Exostosis	n = 1 [13]
	Frostbite	n = 2 [13,27]
	Soft tissue infection	n = 1 [30]
	Nail trauma	n = 1 [30]
	Crushed member	n = 1 [27]
	Not detailed – unknown	n = 16 [6,12,13,18,21,22,25,26,29–33,35,38,43]
Digestive	Inguinal hernia	n = 2 [12,27]
	Hemorroids	n = 5 [12,27,30,31,35]
	Laparotomy & drainage	n = 2 [27,36]	[36]
	Gastrointestinal bleeding	n = 1 [36]
	Appendicitis	n = 15 [6,13,14,22–24,26,27,30–32,35,37,41,42]	[24,41,42]
	Bleeding duodenal ulcer or ulcerative colitis	n = 2 [27,38]
	Peritonitis	n = 1 [24]
	Not detailed – unknown	n = 16 [12,13,18,21,22,25–33,35,43]
General	Tumor removal	n = 1 [10]
	Polytrauma	n = 3 [14,22,26]
	Skin tumour	n = 2 [31,35]
	Sebaceous cyst	n = 1 [27]
	Breast tumour	n = 1 [27]
	Not detailed – unknown	n = 5 [21,22,28,33,43]
Eye surgery	Eye injuries due to foreign bodies	n = 5 [15,24,27,31,35]	For enucleation of an eye due to a foreign body [24]
	Eye injuries after blunt trauma	n = 3 [19,35,41]	For enucleation of a traumatic eye [41]
	Not detailed – unknown	n = 12 [6,12,18,21,22,28–31,33,35,43]
Urological	Urolithiasis	n = 3 [13,32,35]
	Vesicostomy	n = 2 [26,31]
	Not detailed – unknown	n = 7 [13,21,22,28,29,31,35]
ENT	Pharyngeal foreign bodies	n = 2 [31,35]
	Epistaxis	n = 1 [12]
	Facial trauma	n = 1 [27]
	Not detailed – unknown	n = 10 [21,22,28–33,35,43]
Neurosurgery	Intracranial haemorrhage due to aneurysm	n = 3 [13,24,40]	For craniotomy, aspiration [40]
	Subarachnoid haemorrhage due to cerebral aneurysm	n = 1 [27]
Thoracic	Chest drainage for bronchial occlusion after inhaling foreign body	n = 1 [39]
Dentistery	Dental fillings (caries)	n = 7 [11,14–16,27,31,35]
	Tooth restoration (fracture, amalgam)	n = 5 [16,17,20,31,35]
	Incision & drainage (abscesses)	n = 2 [16,27]
	Dental extraction	n = 4 [16,17,27,41]	[41]
	Light astringent treatment	n = 1 [17]
	Not detailed – unknown	n = 16 [12,13,18,21,22,25–33,35,43]