A gist on an obscure neoplasm in Ghana: gastrointestinal stromal tumours.

Background: Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumour is a rare but potentially curable tumour of the gastrointestinal tract accounting for up to 1% of all gastrointestinal tumours. The discovery of Imatinib mesylate, a novel tyrosine kinase inhibitor has improved the chances even for unresectable, recurrent, or metastatic diseases.

Methods: This study sought to document the clinical and pathological characteristics of GISTs from two tertiary hospitals in Ghana that have undergone immunohistochemistry confirmation between 2014 and 2021.

Giant primary scrotal lipoma in a low-resource setting: challenges with diagnosis and review of literature.

Lipoma is the commonest benign mesenchymal tumor composed of matured adipocytes. A literature search revealed few reported cases of giant scrotal lipoma. This article aims to report a giant scrotal lipoma weighing 1100 g and illustrate our challenges with the diagnostic process in a low-resource setting.

Epidemiological studies of burn patients in a burn center in Ghana: any clues for prevention?

Background: Burn injuries are a serious problem worldwide, with most occurrences in low- and middle-income countries. Depending on the extent of injury, burn victims are faced with the challenges of fitting into society due to complications such as extensive scarring and contractures. The current study seeks to determine whether epidemiological studies of burn patients can provide guidelines to enhance burn prevention among the Ghanaian population.

Chemical Burn Injury in Kumasi: The Trend and Complications following and Their Management.

Unlabelled: A chemical burn refers to irritation and destruction of human tissue caused by exposure to a chemical, usually by direct contact with the chemical or its fumes. The study investigated the trend and complications following chemical burns and their management.

Methods: The study involved a retrospective review of Burns Registry at the Burns Intensive Care Unit of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital on patients who were admitted for burns from May 1, 2009 to April 30, 2013.

Electrical burns: The trend and risk factors in the Ghanaian population.

The usefulness of electricity in daily life offers several advantages which cannot be underestimated. Electricity is needed by industries for manufacturing and also in homes for lighting, cooking, washing, etc. However, electricity can cause severe life-threatening complications.

[Quality of life after brachial plexus lesions in adults].

Brachial plexus lesions are among the most severe injuries of the upper extremity. Despite intensive conservative and surgical treatment efforts, patients frequently suffer from serious impairments in the quality of life. This contribution presents the results of a retrospective clinical survey on the quality of life after brachial plexus injuries.

Management of severe burn injuries with topical heparin: the first evidence-based study in Ghana.

Conventional therapy for burns has always produced a nightmarish illness for patients. The lack of the ability to prevent contractures often produces dysfunctional limbs and the ugly scars resulting from severe burns are an ongoing reminder of this lengthy painful illness. This study is to determine the effectiveness of topical heparin in burns management among some patients at the Burns Intensive Care Unit (BICU) of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), Kumasi, Ghana.

A new era in the management of burns trauma in kumasi, ghana.

The aim of the study was to investigate the factors affecting the outcome of treatment of burns patients admitted to the Burns Intensive Care Unit (BICU) of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana. Information on patients admitted to the BICU from February 2001 to January 2006 was recorded. Parameters recorded included: admission record and demographics, causes of the injury, burned surface area, laboratory investigations, treatment regime, and record of discharge/death.

Burn disasters in the middle belt of Ghana from 2007 to 2008 and their consequences.

Aim: To study the survival and mortality trends in four fire disasters in the middle belt of Ghana from 2007 to 2008 and to explore measures that could minimize the risk of future disasters.

Methods: Data were collected from clinical records from the Burns Intensive Care Unit and the Casualty Unit of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana and from the various disaster sites and the Ghana Police Service.

Results: A total of 212 were injured from four burn disasters; 37 (17%) died on the spot; 175 (83%) reported to the Casualty Unit out of which 46 (26%) were admitted.

[Subcutaneous "wash-out" in extravasations].

Extravasations of chemotherapeutic drugs may lead to large soft-tissue losses in the hand and forearm and necessitating surgical excision with secondary flap coverage. Unfortunately, a delayed referral to a hand and plastic surgical unit with an already established soft-tissue defect is most common. Nevertheless, in our unit the method of choice is early emergency subcutaneous "wash-out", which facilitates dilution and reduction of concentration of the extravasation and therefore reliably avoids the development of soft-tissue defects.