Epidemiology of Digestive Surgical Emergencies in a Sub-Saharan African Country: A Multicentre Pilot Study Protocol

INTRODUCTION: Digestive surgical emergencies remains one of the main general surgery activities. Despite the associated mortality rate in low income countries, epidemiologic data about this subject is rare and multicenter studies are even more. We aimed to study an epidemiology of digestive surgical emergencies in Senegal by multicenter protocol. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: it will a prospective multicenter pilot study from May to July 2022. The patients were from General surgery departments of these teaching hospital in Senegal: Dakar Principal Hospital, Aristide le Dantec Hospital, Dalal Jamm hospital and Saint-Louis Regional Hospital. The Schwartz formula was used. We used a proportion of abdominal surgical emergency of 20%. We had a sample size of 246 patients. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: this research protocol will be submitted to Ethics committee of four hospital that included. The results of this study can help to get better the management of our digestives emergencies and at the same time improve mortality rate. HIGHLIGHTS: Digestive surgical emergencies is a public health issue. Because of high mortality rate in poorest countries, epidemiological data in Senegal must be known. These information can help to lower associated mortality;