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Table 1 General characteristic of the study population

From: Impact of perioperative nutritional status on the outcome of abdominal surgery in a sub-Saharan Africa setting

Characteristics

Number (n = 85)

Percentage

Gender

 Male

38

44.7

 Female

47

55.3

Indications of surgery

 Appendicitis

26

30.6

 Evisceration

2

2.4

 Anal wound

3

3.5

 Perineum gangrene

2

2.4

 Hemoperitoneum post blunt abdominal with splenic rupture

2

2.4

 Digestive hemorrhage

3

3.5

 Hernia

9

10.5

 Parietal mass

2

2.4

 Intestinal occlusion

12

14.1

 Peritonitis

15

17.6

 Post ulcer bulbar stenosis

3

3.5