Table 1 Distribution of patients by surgical indication and procedure
From: Waiting times for elective surgery in an African paediatric surgery department
Surgical indication | Procedure | N (%) |
|---|---|---|
Umbilical hernia | Hernia repair | 103 (29.1) |
Bladder lithiasis | Cystolithotomy | 44 (12.4) |
Hydrocele | Patent processus vaginalis ligation | 39 (11) |
Inguinal hernia | Herniotomy | 39 (11) |
Cryptorchidism | Orchidopexy | 29 (8.2) |
Anorectal malformation | Anoplasty rectoanoplasty | 14 (4) |
Hirschsprung disease | Transanal endorectal pull-through | 12 (3.4) |
Epigastric hernia | Hernia repair | 11 (3.1) |
Renal lithiasis | Nephrolithotomy | 10 (2.8) |
Hypospadias | Urethroplasty | 9 (2.5) |
Epithelialised omphalocele | Primary closure | 7 (2) |
Female pseudo-hermaphroditism | Vulvovaginoplasty | 5 (1.4) |
Bladder exstrophy | Bladder closure | 5 (1.4) |
Nephroblastoma | Nephrectomy | 5 (1.4) |
Female inguinal hernia | Hernia repair | 5 (1.4) |
Epispadias | Urethroplasty | 3 (0.8) |
Burn scars | Plasty | 3 (0.8) |
Pancreatic cyst | Cystectomy | 2 (0.6) |
Sacrococcygeal teratoma | Tumorectomy | 2 (0.6) |
Mesenteric cyst | Cystectomy | 2 (0.6) |
Cystic hygroma | Cystectomy | 2 (0.6) |
Lumbar hernia | Hernia repair | 1 (0.3) |
Posterior Urethral Valves | Dilatation | 1 (0.3) |
Polycystic kidney | Nephrectomy | 1 (0.3) |
Total | 354 (100) |