Les abdomens chirurgicaux dus au traitement traditionnel. À propos de cinq cas au Centre hospitalier Yalgado Ouédraogo de Ouagadougou

Abstract

The traditional products used to treat some pains can cause serious complications of which surgical abdomen. We listed in two years five cases of surgical abdomen complicating a traditional treatment in the service of digestive and general surgery of the hospital complex Yalgado Ouédraogo. There were two men and three women with an average age of 34,4 years. These traditional products were used to treat constipation, sexual impotence, sterility and to "posses" her husband. Oral and rectal routes were used by one and three patients respectively, another patient used triple routes (oral, rectal and vaginal). The digestive lesions were in the upper tract in one case (gastric phytobezoar), two patients presented acute intestinal occlusion and two others acute generalized peritonitis. All the five patients underwent laparotomy. Two patients died in immediately post-operative course. The prevention of severe surgical complications of the digestive tract induced by traditional treatments has to be broadcasted through information, education and communication.

A case report of management of gastric perforation in situs inversus totalis in a 45-year-old adult. A case report

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Acute Intestinal Occlusions at the Cs Ref of Commune I of Bamako

“…Early vomiting in high occlusions (52.9%) of cases is statistically lower than that of Sacko [16], 75.8% with P = 0.000007. The less frequent cessation of materials and gases (25.4%), can be explained by the emptying of the distal end and the socio-cultural straitjacket (shame); observation comparable to that of Kouadio [7], 49% cases of materials and gases stopping. Meteorism (35.3% of cases) is similar to that of Sacko [16], (55.8%, P = 0.005842).…”

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Rectal-Colitis Caustic Stenosing by Enema to Traditional Products: About a Case

“…They are used for therapeutic purposes (chronic abdominal pain, constipation, impotence in men, sterility in women) abortifacient, punitive or criminal and even suicidal [1]. In Burkina Faso, traditional medicines are used by all social classes, but serious accidents, especially digestive, are rare [2]. The caustic recto colitis that they generate is often at the origin of a high mortality in view of the lack of consensus on the precise determination of the operative time [1].…”