Scholarly Article
Co-developing research for inguinal hernia repair in Ghana: Community engagement in Ghana
Tabiri, Stephen, Sam, Napoleon, Amofa, Ebenezer
2024-05-23 · Impact Surgery · Impact Health Publishing Group
Abstract
The first meeting was at Gurugu, Sagnarigu Municipality, Ghana on 15th November, 2022 with stakeholders that included patients who had hernia repair within the previous 30 days: 10 patients, one patient's partner, two surgeons, a translator and the Hub Community Engagement and Involvement (CEI) lead. They found the questions appropriate and wanted them expanded to address when they could resume sexual activity, return to farming, eating staple foods,and how to manage scrotal swelling. There was a consensus that a picture on a poster with adequate exposure, from navel to mid-thigh, could be interpreted by both literate and illiterate persons. They proposed that the phallus should be covered.
Keywords
Global surgery, inguinal hernia
Citation Details
Impact Surgery, No. 3, pp. 98-99