Inguinal hernia surgery learning curves by associate clinicians.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Open inguinal hernia repair is the most commonly performed procedure in general surgery in sub-Saharan Africa, but data on its learning curve are lacking. This study evaluated the learning curve characteristics to improve surgical training and enable scaling up hernia surgery in low- and middle-income countries.

Methods

Logbook data of associate clinicians enrolled in a surgical training program in Sierra Leone were collected and their first 55 hernia surgeries following the Bassini technique (herniorrhaphies) were analyzed in cohorts of five cases. Studied variables were gradient of decline of operating time, variation in operating time, and length of stay (LOS). Eleven subsequent cohorts of each five herniorrhaphies were investigated.

Results

Seventy-five

SUBMITTER: van Kesteren J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10017565 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature