Research Article

Acute Generalized Peritonitis in a Peripheral Hospital Centre in Benin: Can It Be Managed by a Local General Practitioner?

Table 3

Perioperative and postoperative data.

No. of patients%

Type of anesthesia
 General anesthesia + orotracheal intubation3352.4
 Spinal anesthesia + sedation3047.6
Main operating procedures
 Simple ileal suture3555.6
 Antropyloroplasty914.3
 Washing drainage69.5
 Appendectomy57.9
 Ileal resection-ileoileal anastomosis46.3
 Wedge ileal resection-ileal suture23.2
 Right hemicolectomy-ileocolic anastomosis11.6
 Unilateral adnexectomy11.6
Postoperative complications
 Yes2234.9
 No4165.1
Outcome
 Discharge5485.7
 Deaths914.3