Table 4. Projected DALYs That Could be Averted for Surgical Procedures at Kyabirwa Surgical Center.
aPrevalence rate taken from GBD database specific to Uganda for individual procedures. bUsing a catchment area of 570,790 people including areas with at least 0.5% of study hospital patients from July 2019-September 2021.
DALYs: disability-adjusted life years; GBD: Global Burden of Disease; I&D: incision and drainage
| Procedure | Prevalence ratea | Average DALY averted per case | Projected number of patientsb | Projected DALYs averted |
| Hernia repair | 0.30% | 2.996 | 1712 | 5130.61 |
| Abscess I&D | 29.00% | 0.656 | 167013 | 109519.326 |
| Biopsy | 0.26% | 2.435 | 1484 | 3613.293 |
| Circumcision | 70.00% | 1.157 | 399553 | 462434.055 |
| Appendectomy | 0.01% | 26.86 | 57 | 1533.13 |
| Hydrocelectomy | 0.30% | 0.348 | 1712 | 595.457 |
| Thyroidectomy | 0.68% | 0.725 | 3881 | 2813.717 |
| Total | - | - | 575412 | 585639.591 |