Mortality and morbidity patterns in Yaoundé, Cameroon: an ICD-11 classification-based analysis.

Background: In Cameroon, like in many other resource-limited countries, data generated by health settings including morbidity and mortality parameters are not always uniform. In the absence of a national guideline necessary for the standardization and harmonization of data, precision of data required for effective decision-making is therefore not guaranteed. The objective of the present study was to assess the reporting style of morbidity and mortality data in healthcare settings.

Clinical epidemiology and mortality risk factors of gastric cancer in a sub-Saharan African setting: a retrospective analysis of 120 cases in Yaoundé (Cameroon).

Introduction: in sub-Saharan Africa, there is scare published data on cancer in general and gastric cancer in particular.

Methods: we conducted a multicenter retrospective analysis of the medical records of patients followed for gastric cancer in 5 hospital departments in the city of Yaoundé (Cameroon) over 6 years.

Results: we recorded a total of 120 patients with a mean age of 53.

[Co-morbidities, covid-19 infection and surgical pathologies. Case of the department of visceral and general surgery of Souro Sanou hospital in Bobo-Dioulasso (Burkina Faso)].

Burkina Faso recorded its first case of Covid-19 on March 09, 2020 but it was on April 1, 2020 that the general and visceral surgery department of the Center Hospitalier Universitaire Sourô SANOU (CHUSS) in Bobo-Dioulasso recorded its first case of COVID-19 and surgical pathology. From April to September 2020, our service recorded four cases, all male patients and tested positive for Covid-19 disease after an oropharyngeal sample performed using the RT- kit. PCR Detection kit for 2019-n COV RNA (Da An Gene Co) and the AriaMx (Real-Time PCR System) platform.

[Impact of covid-19 on surgical activities in confessional hospitals in Cameroon].

Introduction: Like all countries in the world, Cameroon has known since the advent of the pandemic linked to Covid-19, a drop in the use of health services.

Aim: to study the impact of Covid-19 pandemic on surgical activities.

Patients And Methods: This was a retrospective cross-sectional descriptive study from March 1 to April 30, 2020, conducted in three faith-based hospitals of the Presbyterian Church (EPC) in Cameroon.

A laparoscopy-assisted surgical approach to esophageal carcinoma.

Background: Surgical resection is the treatment of choice for esophageal carcinoma. Over the past decade, laparoscopy has proven an accurate staging modality for detecting peritoneal carcinosis and small metastatic liver deposits unsuspected at preoperative investigation. This has led to a change in surgical strategy in up to 20% of patients.