A 10 year audit of a gynecological surgeries performed in the pediatric age group at the Jos university teaching hospital.

A 10 year audit of a gynecological surgeries performed in the pediatric age group at the Jos university teaching hospital. Afr J Pediatric Surg. 2010Sep-Dec; 7(3): 178-80

Surgeries performed for the gynecological conditions in children and adolescents are not common in our environment. Adequate facilities and the risk to perform the required procedure may also be lucking. We were interested in reviewing the practice of pediatric gynecological surgery in our facility. A retrospective study of case files and theater records of children below the age of 16 years who had surgeries at the Jos university teaching hospital over a 10-year period was undertaken. A total of 89 surgeries were performed in this age group during the period under review. Twenty-eight (33.4%) of the patients were below the age of 11. The most common surgical procedure was for the management of septic abortion (21.3%). Correction of congenital malformations of the genital tract accounted for 21.4% of the surgeries performed. Fourteen (15.7%) laparotomies were performed for the ovarian cysts.

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