Surgical Science, 2022, 13, 435-442
https://www.scirp.org/journal/ss
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ISSN Print: 2157-9407
DOI: 10.4236/ss.2022.139052 Sep. 30, 2022 435 Surgical Science
Gall Bladder Stone in a Tertiary Care Teaching
Hospital in Mogadishu-Three Year
Retrospective Study
Abdirahman Ahmed Mohamud
1*
, Nasteho Mohamad Sheikh Omar
2
, Nur Adam Mohamed
3
,
Lıban Muse Mohamed
4
, Abdıhakım Artan Abdı
5
, Fuduma Nur Adan
6
,
Salim İdris Keleşoğlu
7
, Jafar Abdulahi Omar
1
1
Department of General Surgey, Mogadishu Somali Turkey Training and Research Hospital, Mogadishu, Somali
2
Department of Emergency Medicine, Mogadishu Somali Turkey Training and Research Hospital, Mogadishu, Somali
3
Department of Psychiatric, Mogadishu Somali Turkey Training and Research Hospital, Mogadishu, Somali
4
Department of Public Health, Mogadishu Somali Turkey Training and Research Hospital, Mogadishu, Somali
5
Department of ENT, Mogadishu Somali Turkey Training and Research Hospital, Mogadishu, Somali
6
Department of Infectious Disease, Mogadishu Somali Turkey Training and Research Hospital, Mogadishu, Somali
7
Aden Adde International University, Mogadishu, Somalia
Abstract
Introduction: Gallstone disease, also known as gallbladder stones or GBS, is
almost always asymptomatic but can result in a number of problems, includ-
ing ascending cholangitis and obstructive jaundice. The frequency of gallbladd-
er stones among patients who were sent for abdominal ultrasound at Moga-
dishu Somali Turkey Training and Research Hospital, Mogadishu, Somalia,
during the period between January 2018 and June 2022 was assessed in this
study. Methods: This is a record-based study that was carried out at the radi-
ology department of Mogadishu Somali Turkey Training and Research Hos-
pital on patients who were chosen for abdominal ultrasounds during the
months of January 2018 and January 2022. The study focused on cases that
occurred within those periods. Reports of abdominal ultrasounds served as
the source of the collected data. Results: Records from 2352 patients are in-
cluded in this study. They were divided into 451 (19.1%) males and 1901
(80.8%) females. Patients with GBS were present in 76.4 percent of cases. 73.2
percent of patients had big stones larger than 5 mm, while 53.4 percent of pa-
tients had several stones. GBS 1474 (77.5%) was substantially more common
in females than in males (71.6%: 323/451) (P 0.008). The presence of small
stones (less than 5 mm) was also shown to be significantly different between
males and females (P = 0.015). Furthermore, compared with men, females
How to cite this paper: Mohamud, A.A.,
Omar, N.M.S., Mohamed, N.A., Mohamed,
L.M., Abdı, A.A., Adan, F.N., Keleşoğlu, S.İ.
and Omar, J.A. (2022) Gall Bladder Stone in
a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital in Mo-
gadishu-Three Year Retrospective Study.
Surgical Science, 13, 435-442.
https://doi.org/10.4236/ss.2022.139052
Received: August 15, 2022
Accepted: September 27, 2022
Published: September 30, 2022
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