Entero-Scrotal Fistula in an Adult: A Complication of Traditional Health Care Practice in Ghana

Joachim KA Amoako, Theodore Wordui, Philemon K Kumassah, Joelle M Amissah and Michael Ohene-Yeboah

Department of Surgery, University of Ghana, Ghana
Department of Surgery, Battor Catholic Hospital, Ghana

^*Correspondance to: Joachim KA Amoako 

 PDF  Full Text DOI: 10.25107/2474-1647.2025

Abstract

Inguinal hernias are common in Ghanaian men. However, access to inguinal hernia surgery is limited. Considerable morbidity and significant mortality are associated with untreated, large, long standing inguinal hernias. Some patients with inguinal hernias seek relief from traditional health care providers. We present a case of entero-scrotal fistula in a 32-year-old man following treatment of an obstructed inguinal hernia by a traditional health care practitioner. A laparotomy was done with a limited right hemicolectomy and Nylon-darn repair of his inguinal hernia in a district general hospital with his full recovery.

Keywords

Inguinal hernia; Entero-scrotal fistula; Traditional health care practitioner

Cite the article

Amoako JKA, Wordui T, Kumassah PK, Amissah JM, Ohene-Yeboah M. Entero-Scrotal Fistula in an Adult: A Complication of Traditional Health Care Practice in Ghana. Clin Surg. 2018; 3: 2025.