47 For Reprint Contact: jbrcp.net@gmail.com J Biomed Res. Clin Pract | Vol 4 | No 1 | 2021 ABSTRACT Hernias are common in children and account for most of the surgical operations performed by the Paediatric surgeons. They often present late in resource-poor countries for a variety of reasons. In these settings, surgical outreaches reduce the burden of hernias. We aim to determine the effectiveness of a tertiary hospital-based surgical outreach for hernia repair in children in a low-resource-setting. We did a prospective study conducted during a surgical outreach carried out over seven days at a tertiary center in Southeast Nigeria. Recruited subjects were physically examined to establish a diagnosis and screened for fitness before surgeries were performed. Data were collected using a structured proforma to information from the patient's case-notes. Data analysis was done using the statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) version 25. There were 77 children with 80 hernia surgeries, 71 (92.2%) males, and 6 (7.8%) females (ratio of 12:1) were involved. The majority (66.2%) were aged 2-12years and were mainly rural dwellers. Right groin hernias were present in 54.5% and 40.3% had left groin hernias. Herniotomy was the main procedure offered (93.5%). The complication rate was 9.1%. Senior registrars in surgery (Senior trainee surgeons) participated in most of the operations. The mean duration of surgery was 34.9 + 17.6 minutes. Surgical outreach in tertiary hospital for hernias in children in resource-poor settings offers the opportunity for mass repairs with good outcomes. It provides a hands-on opportunity for trainee surgeons to improve their mastery of hernia surgery. Keywords: Femoral hernia; Inguinal hernia; Hernia in Children; Herniotomy; Moloney darn technique; Surgical outreach. 1,2 1 3 4 2,5 6 7 8 Nnadozie UU, Maduba CC, Anekwu EM, Anikwe CC, Obasi AA, Olisa FU, Ogah EO, Mohammad MA. 1 Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital Abakaliki, Ebonyi State Nigeria. 2 Department of Surgery Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Nigeria. 3 Department of Physiotherapy, Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Nigeria. 4 Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Nigeria. 5 Paediatric Surgery Unit, Department of Surgery, Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Nigeria. 6 General Surgery Unit, Department of Surgery, Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Nigeria. 7 Department of Paediatrics, Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Nigeria. 8 Department of Surgery, Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria. *Correspondence Ugochukwu Uzodimma Nnadozie Email: ugodozie@yahoo.ca Article information Date Submitted: 5/12/2020 Date Accepted: 7/1/2021 Date Published: 8/3/2021 http://jbrcp.net Nnadozie UU, Maduba CC, Anekwu EM, Anikwe CC, Obasi AA, Olisa FU Surgical Outreach in a Tertiary Healthcare et al., Facility: A Prototype for Mass Hernia Repair among Children in Low Resource Setting. J Biomed Res Clin Pract:2021;4(1):47- 54. : https://doi.org/10.46912/jbrcp.195 website: http://www.jbrcp.net Access to the article Surgical Outreach in a Tertiary Healthcare Facility: A Prototype for Mass Hernia Repair among Children in Low Resource Setting How to cite this article 2018 Journal Impact Factor: 1.10 Print ISSN: | Online ISSN: 2636-7378 2651-5865 Original Article