Testicular necrosis and subsequent orchiectomy as a complication of inguinal mesh infection surgery: a case report.

The management of inguinal hernias has been revolutionised with mesh-based techniques, which are now the gold standard. In rare cases, complications can occur, the most common being prosthesis infection. The course is unpredictable, causing considerable morbidity and multiple interventions in the case of chronicity.

[Gynaecomastia and adipomastia on black skin: Clinical and surgical particularity].

Aim: Analyze the management of gynecomastia and adipomastia; and identify the peculiarities in black people in a general surgery department of the CHU Sylvanus Olympio in Lomé (Togo).

Patient And Method: Descriptive retrospective study included 43 cases of gynecomastia and 5 cases of adipomastia (January 2014 to December 2020). The data taken into account were: epidemiological, clinical, paraclinical and the treatment (surgery and medical).

Duodenocolic fistula by nail ingestion in a child.

Unintentional foreign body ingestion is common among children. Normally, these ingested foreign bodies pass spontaneously. Only few of them may lead to complications such as fistula, which requires surgical intervention.

Severe snakebite envenomation revealed by an acute abdomen.

Acute abdomens are common conditions, with many aetiologies in developing countries. Abdominal bleeding due to snake envenomation is an extremely rare aetiology. A 11-year-old girl was admitted for acute abdominal pains.

[Ambulatory treatment of penile fracture at teaching hospital in Lomé].

Objectives: To study the feasibility of outpatient management of fractures of the penis and to identify factors that promote their occurrence.

Materials And Method: This were a prospective, monocentric study of patients who received emergency treatment for fractured penises. It took place from January 2016 to January 2019.