Publications by authors named "Adegne Togo"
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- This study examined the link between bowel transit issues during pregnancy and the development of anal pathologies, focusing on their incidence, diagnosis, and treatment within the first 6 weeks after childbirth.
- Conducted in Bamako, Mali, the research enrolled 1,422 pregnant women, revealing that 38.4% experienced anal pathologies, with the most common being hemorrhoids (13%), anal fissures (10.5%), and anal incontinence (8.6%).
- Key risk factors included being over 30 years old, having chronic constipation, delivering a larger baby, and prolonged fetal expulsion time, emphasizing the need for systematic screening and early treatment to prevent complications.
Background: Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are increasing in health facilities in Mali, due to health disparities and growing costs. Twenty to fifty percent of HAIs in the surgery department can be prevented with appropriate measures.
Objectives: This study aimed to determine the burden of HAI and its risk factors.
Volvulus of the jejunum on cystic lymphangioma: About a clinical case.
Afr J Paediatr Surg
January 2016
Intestinal volvulus on mesenteric cysticum lymphangioma (CL) is rare in children. The clinical picture is not very suggestive. We report a case of intestinal volvulus on CL in a 7-year-old girl after an abdominal trauma.
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