Table 3.
Management of patients who had emergency general surgical conditions (N = 356)
| n | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| Non-surgical managementa | ||
| Antibiotics and other medications | 332 | 93.3 |
| Wound care | 177 | 49.7 |
| Urethral catheterization | 36 | 10.1 |
| Nasogastric insertion | 34 | 9.6 |
| Blood transfusion | 7 | 2.0 |
| Other medical therapy | 4 | 1.1 |
| Overall treatment at district hospital | ||
| Surgery and non-surgical management | 185 | 52.0 |
| Surgery alone | 3 | 0.8 |
| Non-surgical management | 143 | 43.5 |
| No indication of surgery or non-surgical management | 13 | 3.7 |
| For individuals who had surgery at the district hospital (n = 188) | ||
| Hospital of surgery | ||
| Butaro | 81 | 43.1 |
| Rwinkwavu | 58 | 30.8 |
| Kirehe | 49 | 26.1 |
| Type anesthesia (n = 110) | ||
| Spinal/Regional | 39 | 35.5 |
| General | 33 | 30.0 |
| Sedation | 32 | 29.1 |
| Local | 6 | 5.4 |
| Operator (n = 122) | ||
| General practitioner | 74 | 60.7 |
| General surgeon | 48 | 39.3 |
| Type of intervention (n = 186) | ||
| Incision and drainage | 114 | 61.3 |
| Laparotomy | 20 | 10.8 |
| Debridement | 17 | 9.1 |
| Hernia repair | 10 | 5.4 |
| Amputation/disarticulation | 9 | 5.3 |
| Suprapubic catheterization | 5 | 2.7 |
| Skin graft | 2 | 1.1 |
| Biopsy | 1 | 0.5 |
| Others | 7 | 3.8 |
aPossible for patients to have more than one non-surgical management