Research Article
Improving Surgical Access in Rural Africa through a Surgical Camp Model
Table 2
Showing diagnosis by age, campsite in Uganda, 2013.
| Procedure | Age groups | Unknown age | Total | <5 | 5–18 | 19–39 | 40–59 | ≥60 |
| Inguinal hernia | 29 | 29 | 23 | 29 | 27 | 6 | 143 | Hydrocele | 10 | 19 | 12 | 36 | 33 | 2 | 112 | Lipoma | 2 | 7 | 14 | 19 | 14 | 1 | 57 | Goiter | 0 | 0 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 35 | Epidermoid cyst | 2 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 32 | Other hernias | 0 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 27 | Congenital conditions | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 | Gluteal fibrosis | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Anorectal | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | Infection | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 16 | Tumor | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 16 | Gynecologic | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13 | Intra-abdominal masses | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | Ganglion cyst | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | Obstructed labor | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Trauma | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Other procedures | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| Total | 59 | 107 | 127 | 147 | 98 | 13 | 551 |
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