Why the study?
What are the outcomes of surgical management for pericarditis in a rural Nigerian population?
Population
58 rural Nigerians with pericarditis
Design
Case_series
Follow-up
Over eight years
Authors
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High mortality from late presentation cautions against drainage alone; case series leaves open pericardiectomy benefit in purulent pericarditis.
What are the outcomes of surgical management for pericarditis in a rural Nigerian population?
In a rural Nigerian setting, surgical management of pericarditis is feasible, but late presentation leads to high mortality, and prompt pericardiectomy may be superior to drainage for purulent cases.
Mabogunje et al. (1981) studied this question.
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