[Surgical abdomen caused by traditional treatment. Five-case report in teaching hospital Yalgado Ouédraogo of Ouagadougou].

The traditional products used to treat some pains can cause serious complications of which surgical abdomen. We listed in two years five cases of surgical abdomen complicating a traditional treatment in the service of digestive and general surgery of the hospital complex Yalgado Ouédraogo. There were two men and three women with an average age of 34,4 years.