Multicenter plastic surgery outreach services for underserved Ghanaian communities

Agbenorku, Pius; Agbenorku, Manolo; Bentsir-Elegba, Emily; Iddi, Abiba; Abude, Fritz; Sefenu, Ransford; Matondo, Paul; Tuuli, Lawrence; Yore, Mackensie

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“…The municipal is divided into five zones, namely, Ejisu, Juaben, Achiasi, Bomfa and Kwaso submunicipals. Bomfa (which is a town in the Bomfa submunicipal) is a BU disease endemic area [ 17 , 27 ] located about 36 km southeast of Ejisu. It is also about 10 km southwest of Konongo, which is the district capital of the nearby Ashanti-Akim North District.…”

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“…In rural Africa, patients tend to report to the hospital late in the course of the disease, and some long-standing and extensive lesions that have affected joints and bone may have advanced to a stage that amputation is the only reasonable option for these extensive lesions [ 16 ]. Indeed, with increasing patient delay, lesions tend to become larger resulting in more severe functional limitations [ 17 ]. In Benin, focus group discussions revealed that people believe that this disease may be natural, “sent directly by God,” or induced by another person through sorcery [ 18 ].…”

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Buruli-Ulcer Induced Disability in Ghana: A Study at Apromase in the Ashanti Region

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Objectives. To describe trends and category of disabilities caused by Buruli ulcer disease. Design. This retrospective study was set up to quantify information on the disability trends caused by Buruli ulcer (BU) using data on patients attending BU and chronic ulcer clinics from 2004 to 2009, at Global Evangelical Mission Hospital, Apromase. Methods. Data was retrieved from the WHO BU1 form, case registry book, surgical theatre register, and BU patients' records book of the hospital. Disability was measured as the incapability of patients to perform one or more daily activities due to his/her state of BU disease before treatment. Results. A total of 336 positive BU cases comprising 181 males (53.9%) were recorded of which 113 (33.6%) cases of disabilities were identified. A mean age of 52.5 (±1.32) years was recorded. For the trend of disabilities, the year 2009 recorded the highest (N = 34, 31.0%). The lesions were mostly located at the lower limbs (N = 65, 57.5%) region of the patients. Lesions with diameter >15 cm were the major (59.3%) category of lesions. Conclusion. Trend of disability reveals proportional increase over the years from 2004 to 2009. Contracture at the knee and ankle joints was the commonest disability recorded.

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