Key result
Malian general surgery links to a ~7% 30-day complication rate driven by surgical site infections.
Why the study?
Postoperative complications represent important indicators for surgical care quality, prompting this study to determine their frequency, contributing factors, clinical aspects, and associated additional costs.
Population
300 patients aged at least 15 years undergoing surgical interventions
Design
Prospective observational study
Follow-up
30 days postoperatively
Authors
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SSI prevention may shorten stays and reduce costs in low-resource settings; hypothesis-generating for interventional trials in sub-Saharan cohorts.
Observational (n=300)
No
In a general surgery department in Mali, postoperative complications were predominantly surgical site infections, which significantly increased both the length of hospital stay and healthcare costs.
Cheickna et al. (2024) conducted an observational in General surgery (n=300). General surgery was evaluated on Postoperative complications within 30 days. General surgery in a Malian reference health center resulted in a 30-day postoperative complication rate of 6.67%, with surgical site infections accounting for 75% of these complications.
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