{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2328813713","doi":null,"title":"Inguinal hernia disease in Africa: a common but neglected surgical condition.","display_name":"Inguinal hernia disease in Africa: a common but neglected surgical condition.","publication_year":2011,"publication_date":"2011-03-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2328813713","mag":"2328813713","pmid":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21984452"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"pmid:21984452","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21984452","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306525036","display_name":"PubMed","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I1299303238","host_organization_name":"National Institutes of Health","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1299303238"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"West African journal of medicine","raw_type":"Journal Article"},"volume":null,"type":"article","is_traditional":true,"indexed_in":["pubmed"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5085502466","display_name":"M. Ohene-Y","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I28046988","display_name":"Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/00cb23x68","country_code":"GH","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I28046988"]}],"countries":["GH"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"M Ohene-Yeboah","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Surgery, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana. mikeoheneyeboah@yahoo.co.uk"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Surgery, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana. mikeoheneyeboah@yahoo.co.uk","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I28046988"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5012526641","display_name":"Francis Atindaana Abantanga","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9124-6425","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9124-6425"]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"F A Abantanga","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":1,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":3.9682,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":89,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.9343964,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":87,"max":99},"biblio":{"volume":"30","issue":"2","first_page":"77","last_page":"83"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10961","display_name":"Hernia repair and management","score":0.9726999998092651,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2746","display_name":"Surgery"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/27","display_name":"Medicine"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/4","display_name":"Health Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10961","display_name":"Hernia repair and management","score":0.9726999998092651,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2746","display_name":"Surgery"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/27","display_name":"Medicine"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/4","display_name":"Health Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11731","display_name":"Global Health and Surgery","score":0.02539999969303608,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2739","display_name":"Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/27","display_name":"Medicine"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/4","display_name":"Health Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12716","display_name":"Congenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery","score":0.00019999999494757503,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2746","display_name":"Surgery"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/27","display_name":"Medicine"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/4","display_name":"Health Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/inguinal-hernia","display_name":"inguinal hernia","score":0.9990000128746033},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/hernia-repair","display_name":"hernia repair","score":0.875},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/africa","display_name":"Africa","score":0.6489999890327454},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/sub-saharan-africa","display_name":"sub-Saharan Africa","score":0.9819999933242798},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/bassini-repair","display_name":"Bassini repair","score":0.9290000200271606},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/lichtenstein-repair","display_name":"Lichtenstein repair","score":0.9259999990463257},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/laparoscopic-hernia-repair","display_name":"laparoscopic hernia repair","score":0.9819999933242798},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/surgical-complications","display_name":"surgical complications","score":0.5989999771118164},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/hernia-repair-costs","display_name":"hernia repair costs","score":0.47099998593330383},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/surgical-capacity","display_name":"surgical capacity","score":0.6209999918937683}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C71924100","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11190","display_name":"Medicine","level":0,"score":0.8628482818603516},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2781132756","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1144039","display_name":"Inguinal hernia","level":3,"score":0.8104795217514038},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C107130276","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133805","display_name":"Epidemiology","level":2,"score":0.6175896525382996},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C61434518","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q932510","display_name":"General surgery","level":1,"score":0.6148552298545837},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779096551","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133076","display_name":"Hernia","level":2,"score":0.5972725749015808},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779343474","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3109175","display_name":"Context (archaeology)","level":2,"score":0.45175400376319885},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C141071460","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q40821","display_name":"Surgery","level":1,"score":0.4411610960960388},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778825823","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3134276","display_name":"Femoral hernia","level":4,"score":0.4125578999519348},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C126322002","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11180","display_name":"Internal medicine","level":1,"score":0.05027863383293152},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C86803240","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q420","display_name":"Biology","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C151730666","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7205","display_name":"Paleontology","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[{"descriptor_ui":"D006552","descriptor_name":"Hernia, Inguinal","qualifier_ui":"Q000453","qualifier_name":"epidemiology","is_major_topic":true},{"descriptor_ui":"D006552","descriptor_name":"Hernia, Inguinal","qualifier_ui":"Q000601","qualifier_name":"surgery","is_major_topic":true},{"descriptor_ui":"D006801","descriptor_name":"Humans","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D007902","descriptor_name":"Length of Stay","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D015994","descriptor_name":"Incidence","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D017677","descriptor_name":"Age Distribution","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D017678","descriptor_name":"Sex Distribution","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D017954","descriptor_name":"Africa South of the Sahara","qualifier_ui":"Q000453","qualifier_name":"epidemiology","is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D059685","descriptor_name":"Herniorrhaphy","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":true}],"locations_count":3,"locations":[{"id":"pmid:21984452","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21984452","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306525036","display_name":"PubMed","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I1299303238","host_organization_name":"National Institutes of Health","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1299303238"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"West African journal of medicine","raw_type":"Journal Article"},{"id":"mag:2328813713","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://www.ajol.info/index.php/wajm/article/download/77406/67851","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":null,"is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":null},{"id":"mag:3101810537","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21984452","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306525036","display_name":"PubMed","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I1299303238","host_organization_name":"National Institutes of Health","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1299303238"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":null,"is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"PubMed","raw_type":null}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"score":1.0,"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/3","display_name":"Good health and well-being"}],"study_designs":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/study-designs/systematic-review","display_name":"Systematic Review"}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":45,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W30450461","https://openalex.org/W113746613","https://openalex.org/W1615702972","https://openalex.org/W1963688144","https://openalex.org/W1979888213","https://openalex.org/W1990981770","https://openalex.org/W1998904093","https://openalex.org/W2001715511","https://openalex.org/W2005531363","https://openalex.org/W2012738048","https://openalex.org/W2012967671","https://openalex.org/W2020816010","https://openalex.org/W2021413345","https://openalex.org/W2021754569","https://openalex.org/W2024990967","https://openalex.org/W2027859768","https://openalex.org/W2042958150","https://openalex.org/W2044476181","https://openalex.org/W2045740748","https://openalex.org/W2045965281","https://openalex.org/W2046678284","https://openalex.org/W2052790847","https://openalex.org/W2052912212","https://openalex.org/W2058894522","https://openalex.org/W2070123501","https://openalex.org/W2088432526","https://openalex.org/W2089593476","https://openalex.org/W2089885457","https://openalex.org/W2116843285","https://openalex.org/W2119418355","https://openalex.org/W2123728167","https://openalex.org/W2124272601","https://openalex.org/W2130275438","https://openalex.org/W2131149153","https://openalex.org/W2140845816","https://openalex.org/W2141557911","https://openalex.org/W2144636835","https://openalex.org/W2161104712","https://openalex.org/W2170503810","https://openalex.org/W2396505426","https://openalex.org/W2398462954","https://openalex.org/W2411300781","https://openalex.org/W2415962546","https://openalex.org/W2431084122","https://openalex.org/W2437169146"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W3101810537","https://openalex.org/W3187894551","https://openalex.org/W4210464446","https://openalex.org/W1607764430","https://openalex.org/W4384211948","https://openalex.org/W2052790847","https://openalex.org/W2015114886","https://openalex.org/W319774647","https://openalex.org/W844369298","https://openalex.org/W1981666020"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"BACKGROUND:":[0],"Hernia":[1,307],"surgery":[2,39,54,138,190,345],"is":[3,277],"one":[4],"of":[5,36,75,124,136,147,149,152,181,207,214,220,240,246,282,304,334,349],"the":[6,19,25,29,94,134,150,156,171,179,187,204,208,218,227,235,238,241,249,253,259,272,302,331,335,350,355],"most":[7,225,347],"frequent":[8],"procedures":[9],"done":[10],"by":[11],"surgeons":[12,17],"-":[13],"paediatric":[14],"and":[15,34,64,78,91,114,130,133,184,200,313,323,339],"general":[16],"-in":[18],"African":[20,306],"continent.":[21],"OBJECTIVE:":[22],"To":[23],"review":[24],"surgical":[26,293],"literature,":[27],"on":[28,85,109,271],"epidemiology,":[30,120],"clinical":[31,121,197,273],"features,":[32],"treatment":[33],"outcome":[35],"inguinal":[37,57,86,110,153,182,221,247,283],"hernia":[38,53,125,137,222,266,344,356],"in":[40,51,55,59,62,66,68,89,93,112,139,155,159,162,170,191,198,234,285,337],"Africa.":[41,140,164,192,286],"DATA":[42,101],"SOURCE:":[43],"The":[44,193,299],"search":[45],"terms":[46],"used":[47,224],"were":[48,99,116,166,195],"groin":[49],"hernias":[50,58,61,65,87,111,154,183,284,318],"Africa,":[52,56,60,160],"adults":[63,115],"children":[67,113],"Africa":[69,90,338],"using":[70,328],"Medline,":[71],"Cochrane":[72],"Central":[73],"Register":[74],"Controlled":[76],"Trials":[77],"EMBASE.":[79],"SELECTION":[80],"CRITERIA:":[81],"All":[82,105],"journal":[83],"articles":[84,106],"performed":[88],"published":[92],"world":[95],"journals":[96],"from":[97],"1990-2010":[98],"retrieved.":[100],"EXTRACTION":[102],"AND":[103],"ANALYSIS:":[104],"containing":[107],"information":[108],"carefully":[117],"studied":[118],"for":[119,189,258],"presentation,":[122],"method":[123,219],"repair,":[126],"complications":[127],"(including":[128],"morbidity":[129],"mortality":[131],"rates)":[132],"future":[135],"RESULTS:":[141],"There":[142,165,287],"was":[143,226,232,255,264],"an":[144,305],"absolute":[145],"dearth":[146],"knowledge":[148],"burden":[151,206,281,333],"various":[157],"communities":[158],"especially,":[161],"sub-Saharan":[163,172],"non-existent":[167],"population-based":[168,329],"studies":[169,194,274],"context":[173],"that":[174,252],"could":[175],"inform":[176],"us":[177],"about":[178,237],"epidemiology":[180],"hence":[185],"estimate":[186],"necessity":[188],"all":[196],"nature":[199],"did":[201],"not":[202],"reflect":[203],"true":[205],"disease":[209,280,336],"among":[210],"Africans.":[211],"In":[212],"many":[213],"these":[215],"hospital-based":[216],"studies,":[217,330],"repair":[223,245,267],"Bassini":[228],"repair.":[229],"Not":[230],"much":[231],"found":[233],"literature":[236],"use":[239],"Lichtenstein":[242],"tension-free":[243],"mesh":[244,254],"hernias,":[248],"reason":[250],"being":[251],"too":[256],"expensive":[257],"patients":[260],"to":[261,295,309,316,324,326,341,346,352],"afford.":[262],"Scarcely,":[263],"laparoscopic":[265],"mentioned.":[268],"CONCLUSION:":[269],"Based":[270],"reviewed,":[275],"there":[276],"a":[278,291,319],"large":[279],"is,":[288],"understandably,":[289],"also":[290],"limited":[292],"capacity":[294],"reduce":[296,354],"this":[297],"burden.":[298],"authors":[300],"advocate":[301],"formation":[303],"Society":[308],"partner":[310],"with":[311],"corporate":[312],"international":[314],"organisations":[315],"make":[317],"public":[320],"health":[321],"problem":[322],"attempt":[325],"determine,":[327],"actual":[332],"then":[340],"take":[342],"modern":[343],"parts":[348],"continent":[351],"help":[353],"burden,":[357],"especially":[358],"its":[359],"complications.":[360]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":5},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":6},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":11},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":14},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":13},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":6},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2016,"cited_by_count":10},{"year":2015,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2014,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2013,"cited_by_count":7},{"year":2012,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-11-08T12:12:28.789561","created_date":"2016-06-24T00:00:00"}