[The reasons for refusal and abandonment of treatment in the emergency surgery at the University Hospital Center of Bouake, Ivory Coast].

The refusal and abandonment of treatment is a behavior frequently observed in our daily practice. The purpose of this study was to describe the epidemiology and to identify the reasons for refusals and abandonment of treatment. We conducted a prospective study in the emergency surgery at the University Hospital Center of Bouake from 1 January 2018 to 31 December 2018.

[Secondary amputation of the limb after primary surgery of open fractures of the lower limb].

This study reports the complications occurred during the management of open fractures of the lower limbs, resulting in secondary amputations, observed in clinicians' practice in recent years as well as different risk factors and possible deficiencies in management at the origin of these complications. We conducted a retrospective study over a period of 06 years (January 2006 - January 2012). It included patients with open fracture of the lower limb initially treated in our institution and whose complications resulted in amputation.

[Dorsolumbar cold abscess revealing Pott's disease].

Tuberculous cold abscesses are a rare and unusual form of extrapulmonary tuberculosis. We here report the case of a 27-year old patient with a 5-month history of left dorsolumbar swelling presenting with dorsolumbar cold abscess revealing Pott's disease without neurological complications. Examination of pus sample collected at the time the abscess was incised and drained helped to confirm the diagnosis of cold abscesses of TB origin.

[Amputation of a limb secondary to snakebite in a child].

Amputation of a limb is a serious consequence of snakebite poisoning. It is caused by the toxicity of the venom and often the use of a tourniquet in some patients, which can lead to limb ischemia. Management of the victim aims to ensure survival and preserve the function of the bitten limb.

Functional Outcome Prediction after Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury Based on Acute Clinical Factors.

Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a devastating condition that affects patients on both a personal and societal level. The objective of the study is to improve the prediction of long-term functional outcome following SCI based on the acute clinical findings. A total of 76 patients with acute traumatic SCI were prospectively enrolled in a cohort study in a single Level I trauma center.

[Hormonal status and overexpression of HER2 in breast cancer, Cancerology department of Treichville UHC. Preliminary results].

Main Objective: determine the profile of the hormonal receptors and HER2 in order to optimize the patient's treatment by hormonotherapy and to propose targeted therapeutic to the few patients can procure themselves, when the indication is put.

Secondary Objectives: show the feasibility of these exams in sub-Saharan Africa and also the necessity to improve the technical tray permitting to do these exams in routine thus.

Patients And Methods: Preliminary results of a prospective, descriptive study, on 10 months, achieved to the Cancerology service of Treichville CHU in Abidjan (Ivory Coast).

[Chemotherapy in advanced rectal cancers].

Aim Of The Study: The aim of this retrospective study was to specify the therapeutic strategy in the management of locally advanced rectal cancers in our practice in front of lack of radiotherapy.

Patients And Methods: This study had concerned 52 patients suffering from locally advanced rectal cancers, with mean age of 44 years old (range: 22-68). Evaluation for down staging was based on clinical, CT scan and intraoperative features.

Cancer incidence in Abidjan, Ivory Coast: first results from the cancer registry, 1995-1997.

Background: There are few data concerning cancer incidence rates in contemporary West Africa. The first data from the cancer registry of Abidjan, the capital of Ivory Coast, for the period 1995-1997 are reported in the current study.

Methods: The cancer registry attempts to record data on all new cases of cancer diagnosed in the city of Abidjan, including cases without histologic confirmation of diagnosis.