Assessing the continuum of care in Sub-Saharan African hospitals performing surgery for breast cancer: a secondary analysis of the GlobalSurg 3 study.

Background: While breast cancer incidence rates in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are among the lowest worldwide, mortality rates remain among the highest, reflecting particularly poor survival. Only a few studies in SSA have investigated the capabilities of treatment services to adequately provide a continuum of care for breast cancer. Our aim was to assess the availability of diagnostic facilities and adjuvant therapies in hospitals performing breast cancer surgery in SSA.

Image cropping for malaria parasite detection on heterogeneous data.

Malaria is a deadly disease of significant concern for the international community. It is an infectious disease caused by a Plasmodium spp. parasite and transmitted by the bite of an infected female Anopheles mosquito.

Challenge of gastro-intestinal stromal tumor management in low-income countries: example of Benin.

Background: GISTs are rare tumors but the most frequent mesenchymal tumors of the digestive tract. Diagnosis and treatment are challenging in low-income countries due to relatively poor access to immunohistochemistry and targeted therapy. In Africa, there are few studies about it.

A giant metastatic low-grade endometrial sarcoma requiring surgical management.

Introduction And Importance: Low-grade endometrial stromal sarcomas are relatively rare tumors. We here report a case of a woman presenting with a giant metastatic low-grade endometrial stromal sarcoma with thromboembolic complications requiring urgent surgical management.

Case Presentation: A 58-year-old obese female was admitted, with a voluminous abdominopelvic mass, due to complications related to its size and extent.

Sister Mary Joseph's nodule revealing a jejunal adenocarcinoma: A case report.

Introduction And Importance: Adenocarcinoma of the jejunum is a diagnostic challenge for the physician because of its extreme rareness and the fact that it classically presents with vague clinical symptoms. On the other hand, the Sister Mary Joseph's nodule is a rare clinical sign that refers to umbilical metastasis of an internal malignancy. We here report a rare case of jejunal adenocarcinoma revealed by a Sister Mary Joseph's nodule.

Perioperative mortality as a meaningful indicator: Challenges and solutions for measurement, interpretation, and health system improvement.

Expanding global access to safe surgical and anaesthesia care is crucial to meet the health targets of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). As global surgical volume increases, improving safety throughout the patient care pathway is a public health priority. At present, an estimated 4.

Internal hernia strangulated on appendicular tourniquet: a case report of an exceptional anomaly of the appendix revealed by a rare hernia.

Background: Internal hernias and the appendicular tourniquet are two rare pathologies.

Case Presentation: We report here a case of a 68-year-old obese patient, who has acute small bowel obstruction due to strangulated internal hernia through an appendicular tourniquet. This appendicular tourniquet results from the adhesion between the tip of the appendix and its body.

[Littré's strangled umbilical hernia in children: a rare complication due to a common malformation of the small bowel].

Meckel's diverticulum is the most common congenital anomaly of the small bowel. Although it is a common anomaly in the general population, its occurrence in a hernial sac, in particular at the umbilicus, is uncommon and it is known as Littré's hernia. We here report the case of a 6-month female infant, admitted with painful irreducible umbilical swelling.

[Severe acute pancreatitis during pregnancy among black African women: about a case].

Acute pancreatitis is rare during pregnancy. It is associated with high maternofoetal mortality. It is mainly caused by biliary lithiasis but, in many cases, the cause of acute pancreatitis is undetermined.