Surgical Results in Neurotraumatology in a Hospital in Botswana
Enrique Marcos Sierra Benítez1*, Mairianny Quianella León Pérez2, Morulaganyi Mogae3, Maatla Yolanda Shatho Sithole3, Indira Rojas Molina4 and Isabel Bridón Nordet4
1 First degree specialist in Neurosurgery, Assistant Professor, University of Medical Sciences of Matanzas, Neurosurgery Team, Nyangabgwe Referral Hospital, Botswana.
2 First degree specialist in Internal Medicine, Instructor Professor, University of Medical Sciences of Matanzas, Internal Medicine Team, Nyangabgwe Referral Hospital, Botswana.
3 Medical Office, Neurosurgery Team, Nyangabgwe Referral Hospital, Botswana.
4 First degree specialist in Anesthesiology and Resuscitation, Anesthesiology Team, Nyangabgwe Referral Hospital, Botswana.
*Corresponding Author: Enrique Marcos Sierra Benítez, First degree specialist in Neurosurgery, Assistant Professor, University of Medical Sciences of Matanzas, Neurosurgery Team, Nyangabgwe Referral Hospital, Botswana.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.58624/SVOANE.2023.04.0102
Received: August 26, 2023 Published: September 07, 2023
Abstract
Objective: To describe the surgical results in patients operated on for traumatic brain injury in a hospital in Botswana.
Methods: Observational, descriptive, cross-sectional study, in the period from January 2023 to August 2023, at the Nyangabgwe Referal Hospital in Botswana. The sample under study consisted of 50 patients. General and specific variables of the traumatic Brain injury were analyzed.
Results: The average age was 40.8 years, with a predominance of males (86%), the most frequent cause of head trauma was aggression (50%), chronic subdural hematoma predominated (36%), with intrahospital pneumonia being the complication more frequent (10%), mortality was 12%.
Conclusions: Traumatic brain injury is a health problem in Botswana, it behaves with an incidence and prevalence that rises despite the small population of the country. Surgical results of a heterogeneous group of pathologies secondary to TBI were described.
Keywords: Neurotraumatology, Traumatic brain injury (TBI), Neurosurgery, Monitoring.
Citation: Benítez EMS, Perez MQL, Mogae M, Sithole MYS, Molina IR, Nordet IB. Surgical Results in Neurotraumatology in a Hospital in Botswana. SVOA Neurology 2023, 4:5, 115-124.
