Ama, a 19-year-old female student, is brought to the district hospital surgical ward in the Northern Region with a 5-day history of fever, diffuse abdominal pain, and two episodes of melaena. She has …
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A 52-year-old man, Yaw, is on day 3 following an elective Hartmann's procedure for perforated sigmoid diverticulitis at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital. He is afebrile and haemodynamically stable. His naso…
A 47-year-old man, Kofi, is reviewed on the ICU at the University of Ghana Medical Centre (UGMC) on the third postoperative day following a right hemicolectomy for caecal carcinoma. He received 7.5 li…
A 48-year-old woman, Akua, is reviewed on the third postoperative day following a Whipple's pancreaticoduodenectomy at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital for a periampullary carcinoma. She has a nasogastric t…
A 28-year-old man, Kwame, is brought to the resus bay of Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital by relatives after a road traffic accident on the Kumasi–Accra highway. He was a restrained front-seat passenger…
Yaa, a 7-year-old girl, is brought to the district hospital surgical ward in Brong-Ahafo by her mother with a 12-hour history of severe burns sustained when a kerosene lamp overturned. On examination,…
A 19-year-old man, Yaw, is referred from a district hospital in the Northern Region to the Tamale Teaching Hospital surgical unit with a 5-day history of fever, diffuse abdominal pain, and diarrhoea t…
A 22-year-old man, Yaw, is brought by relatives to the emergency department of a regional hospital in the Brong-Ahafo region with a 5-day history of fever, central abdominal pain, and two episodes of …
A 34-year-old man, Kwame, is admitted to the surgical ward at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital following an emergency laparotomy for typhoid perforation performed 18 hours ago. He received 4 litres of H…
Adwoa, a 28-year-old woman with known sickle-cell disease (HbSS), is scheduled for elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy for symptomatic gallstones at the UGMC surgical firm. Pre-operative bloods show…
A 58-year-old woman, Akua, is reviewed on the surgical ward at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital on the second postoperative day following a Hartmann's procedure for perforated sigmoid diverticulitis. She re…
A 48-year-old man, Yaw, is reviewed on the general surgical ward at a regional hospital in the Ashanti Region on post-operative day 3 following a Hartmann's procedure for perforated diverticulitis. He…
A 19-year-old man, Kofi, with known sickle-cell disease (HbSS) is admitted to the general surgical unit at the University of Ghana Medical Centre (UGMC) with a 6-hour history of severe right iliac fos…
A 52-year-old woman, Akua, is on the general surgical ward at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital on the third postoperative day following a Hartmann's procedure for perforated sigmoid diverticulitis. She has …
A 45-year-old woman, Akua, presents to the Komfo Anokye emergency theatre with a 3-day history of persistent vomiting and inability to tolerate any oral intake. She has a background of peptic ulcer di…
Kofi, a 19-year-old male student, is brought to the district hospital surgical unit in Brong-Ahafo by relatives with a three-day history of worsening abdominal pain, fever, and watery diarrhoea. He wa…
A 45-year-old man, Kofi, is admitted to the surgical unit of a regional hospital in the Ashanti Region with a 4-day history of colicky central abdominal pain, vomiting, and absolute constipation. He h…
A 62-year-old woman, Adwoa, with a known history of hypertension managed with hydrochlorothiazide is brought to the surgical emergency unit at Korle Bu after two days of profuse watery diarrhoea and v…
A 19-year-old man, Yaw, is brought to a district hospital surgical unit in Brong-Ahafo region by relatives. He has a 5-day history of high fever, generalised abdominal pain, and two days of watery dia…
A 34-year-old man, Kwame, is admitted to the Komfo Anokye emergency theatre with a 3-day history of generalised abdominal pain, vomiting, and fever. He was referred from a district hospital in Ashanti…
A 28-year-old woman, Ama, is referred from a district hospital in the Northern Region to the regional hospital surgical unit with a 5-day history of profuse watery diarrhoea and vomiting. She has been…
A 34-year-old man, Kwame, is admitted to the surgical ward at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital following a high-speed road traffic collision. He has sustained blunt abdominal trauma and is taken to thea…
Kwame, a 34-year-old male farmer, is admitted to a district hospital surgical ward in the Brong-Ahafo Region with a 5-day history of colicky central abdominal pain, absolute constipation, and bilious …
Ama, a 28-year-old primigravida at 32 weeks gestation, is referred from a district hospital in the Upper East Region to the regional hospital with a 48-hour history of severe abdominal pain, fever, an…
A 65-year-old woman, Adwoa, with known hypertension on amlodipine undergoes an elective right hemicolectomy for a caecal adenocarcinoma at the UGMC surgical unit. She is enrolled in the Enhanced Recov…
Ama, a 62-year-old woman with known hypertension on amlodipine, undergoes an elective sigmoid colectomy for diverticular disease at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital. Intraoperatively, she receives 3.5 l…
Kofi, a 28-year-old male, is referred from a district hospital in the Northern Region to Tamale Teaching Hospital with a 10-day history of fever, diarrhoea, and sudden severe generalised abdominal pai…
Ama, a 52-year-old woman with known sickle-cell disease (HbSS), presents to the regional hospital surgical unit in Tamale with a four-day history of right upper quadrant pain, fever (38.9°C), and jaun…
A 42-year-old woman, Akua, presents to the Komfo Anokye emergency unit with a 6-hour history of severe right hypochondrial pain radiating to the right shoulder tip, associated with nausea and two epis…
Abena, a 55-year-old woman with a history of type 2 diabetes mellitus on metformin, presents to the Korle Bu general surgical unit with a 48-hour history of right upper quadrant pain, fever (38.7°C), …