A 62-year-old man, Mensah, is reviewed in the Korle Bu colorectal surgical clinic 6 weeks before his planned elective sigmoid colectomy for a T3 N1 M0 sigmoid adenocarcinoma. He has lost 8 kg over 4 m…
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Ama, a 52-year-old woman with carcinoma of the oesophagus, is referred from a regional hospital to the Korle Bu upper gastrointestinal surgical unit. She has lost 14 kg over four months and has been u…
A 62-year-old woman, Akua, is referred from a district hospital in the Ashanti Region to Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital with a diagnosis of carcinoma of the oesophagus. She has been unable to swallow …
Yaw, a 29-year-old man with a background of alcohol dependence and chronic pancreatitis, is admitted to the Komfo Anokye emergency theatre for a laparotomy after developing a perforated duodenal ulcer…
Ama, a 29-year-old primigravida, delivered by emergency caesarean section at a district hospital in the Bono East Region six weeks ago for obstructed labour. She developed a post-operative wound infec…
A 45-year-old man, Kofi, is on the surgical ward of a regional hospital in the Ashanti region following an emergency laparotomy for typhoid ileal perforation 5 days ago. He underwent simple closure of…
A 38-year-old man, Kwame, is admitted to the Korle Bu general surgical unit following a road traffic accident that resulted in a small-bowel resection and temporary ileostomy. He spent 12 days in the …
A 55-year-old woman, Ama, is reviewed on the district hospital surgical ward in the Northern Region four days after an emergency laparotomy for typhoid ileal perforation with faecal peritonitis. She u…
A 38-year-old man, Kwame, is admitted to the Korle Bu general surgical unit following a Hartmann's procedure for perforated diverticulitis complicated by faecal peritonitis. He spent 11 days in the IC…
A 38-year-old man, Kwame, is admitted to the Korle Bu general surgical unit following a subtotal gastrectomy for a perforated gastric ulcer complicated by peritonitis. He spent five days in the ICU an…
A 38-year-old man, Kwame, is admitted to the Korle Bu general surgical unit following a Hartmann's procedure for perforated diverticulitis. He has had a stormy postoperative course complicated by a pr…
A 38-year-old man, Kwame, is admitted to the surgical ward at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital following a Hartmann's procedure for perforated sigmoid diverticulitis. He has a background of alcohol use …
A 38-year-old man, Kwame, is admitted to the Korle Bu general surgical unit following a Hartmann's procedure for perforated diverticular disease. He has a background of alcohol-use disorder and was fo…
Kofi, a 62-year-old man with carcinoma of the oesophagus, is admitted to the UGMC surgical firm for staging and nutritional optimisation prior to planned oesophagectomy. He reports progressive dysphag…
A 28-year-old man, Yaw, is admitted to the ICU at the University of Ghana Medical Centre following a severe road traffic injury resulting in traumatic brain injury (GCS 8/15), bilateral rib fractures,…
Kwame, a 38-year-old subsistence farmer from a rural district in the Northern Region, is referred to the Tamale Teaching Hospital surgical ward following emergency laparotomy for typhoid perforation p…
Kofi, a 28-year-old male farmer, is admitted to a district hospital surgical ward in the Northern Region following a road traffic accident resulting in a closed head injury and multiple rib fractures.…
A 38-year-old man, Kwame, is admitted to the Korle Bu general surgical unit following a subtotal gastrectomy for a perforated gastric ulcer complicated by peritonitis. He had a stormy postoperative co…
A 65-year-old man, Mensah, is admitted to the UGMC surgical firm with a perforated sigmoid diverticular abscess. He undergoes a Hartmann's procedure and is transferred to the surgical HDU post-operati…
Akua, a 52-year-old market trader, is admitted to the Korle Bu general surgical unit following a Whipple's pancreaticoduodenectomy for a periampullary adenocarcinoma. Her pre-operative course was comp…
Adwoa, a 52-year-old woman with carcinoma of the oesophagus, is admitted to the Korle Bu surgical unit for neoadjuvant chemotherapy and planned Ivor Lewis oesophagectomy. Her body mass index is 16.2 k…
A 52-year-old woman, Akua, is referred from a district hospital in the Volta Region to the regional hospital with a 6-week history of progressive dysphagia, weight loss of 12 kg, and inability to swal…
A 38-year-old man, Kwame, presents to the Komfo Anokye emergency theatre with a 24-hour history of generalised abdominal pain, fever (38.9°C), and vomiting. He was operated upon 5 days ago at a distri…
Ama, a 38-year-old market trader, presents to the district hospital surgical ward in the Bono East Region five days after an emergency appendicectomy for gangrenous appendicitis with localised periton…
Kofi, a 58-year-old civil servant with type 2 diabetes mellitus (HbA1c 9.8%) and a BMI of 34 kg/m², is scheduled for an elective open inguinal hernia repair (Lichtenstein mesh repair) at the Korle Bu …
Yaw, a 35-year-old secondary school teacher, underwent an open appendicectomy 5 days ago at a regional hospital in the Ashanti Region for a perforated appendix with localised pus. He was discharged on…
Ama, a 67-year-old retired teacher with a known penicillin allergy (documented urticarial rash), is scheduled for an elective open mesh repair of a large inguinal hernia at the UGMC surgical unit in A…
A 29-year-old man, Yaw, is brought to a district hospital surgical ward in Brong-Ahafo following a road traffic collision. He sustained blunt abdominal trauma and is taken to theatre for an explorator…
A 38-year-old man, Kwame, is admitted to the Komfo Anokye emergency theatre with a 24-hour history of generalised abdominal pain, fever, and vomiting. He is known to have peptic ulcer disease and take…
Ama, a 29-year-old woman with known sickle-cell disease (HbSS), is admitted to the Tamale Teaching Hospital surgical ward with a 3-day history of right upper quadrant pain, fever, and jaundice. Ultras…