Overview of Rate and Risk Factors of Surgical Site Infection in a Tertiary Hospital in Liberia: A Prospective Cohort Study.

Background: Surgical site infection (SSI) is accountable for a third of postoperative deaths and for 8% of all deaths due to hospital-acquired infections. There is a wide disparity in the incidence and burden of SSI in low and high-income countries.

Objectives: To assess the rates and risk factors of SSI in a tertiary hospital in a resource-limited sub-Saharan African country and generate institutional baseline data for future monitoring and interventions.

Place of urolithiasis in the spectrum of urological pathologies, practices and use of endourological procedures in the management of calculi of the upper urinary tract: results of a survey of referral centres in Africa.

Our aim was to determine the current trend of endourology in the management of upper urinary tract calculi in Africa reference centres. We conducted an online multiple-choice questionnaire survey involving 46 centres from 27 countries using a structured well-designed Google Form (®) questionnaire. The questionnaires were distributed to the head of service through their emails.