Review of groin hernias at Kibogora hospital

• DEDICATION
  
• ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
  
• TABLE OF CONTENTS
  
• LIST OF FIGURES
  
• LIST OF TABLES
  
• ACRONYMS, INITIALS AND ABBREVIATIONS
  
• Old Hippocratic Oath 425 BC
  
• ABSTRACT
  
• CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION
  
• CHAPTER 2: PROBLEM STATEMENT
  
  • 2.1 RESEARCH QUESTION AND OBJECTIVES
    
    • 2.1.1. Research question
      
    • 2.1.2. Objectives
      
      • 2.1.2.1. General objective
        
      • 2.1.2.2. Specific objectives
        
• CHAPTER 3: MATERIALS AND METHODS
  
  • 3.1. MATERIALS
    
    • 3.1.1 Study design
      
    • 3.1.2. Study Population and Site
      
    • 3.1.3. Inclusion and exclusion criteria
      
    • 3.1.4. Data collection
      
    • 3.1.5. Data analysis methods
      
    • 3.1.6. Ethical considerations
      
    • 3.1.7. Study limitations
      
• CHAPTER 4: RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS
  
  • 4.1. RESULTS
    
    • 4.1.1. Prevalence of Groin Hernia
      
    • 4.1.2. Socio-demographic aspects
      
    • 4.1.3. Clinical assessment
      
    • 4.1.4. Analytical results
      
  • 4.2. DISCUSSION
    
    • A. Prevalence of Groin hernia in Kibogora Hospital (Department of surgery)
      
    • B. Characteristics of patients according to age
      
    • C. Characteristics according to clinical presentation and type/site of hernia
      
    • D. Characteristics of patients according to type of operation
      
    • E. Anaesthesia
      
    • F. Post-operative complications/ evolution
      
• CHAPTER 5. CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
  
  • 5.1. CONCLUSION
    
  • 5.2. RECOMMENDATIONS
    
    • To the general population
      
    • To the Physicians
      
    • To the hospitals
      
• REFERENCES
  
• APPENDIX