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Abstract
Despite sparse epidemiologic data, there is increasing recognition of the value of surgery as a component of basic health care and an important means of providing both preventive and curative treatment.
As such, it is imperative that paediatric surgical care be integrated into a comprehensive strategy to reduce the burden of disease in Africa.
The aim of this research was to evaluate therapeutic procedures provided in the Department of Pediatric Surgery of Alexandria Shatby University Hospital.
Shatby University Hospital Pediatric Surgical Unit is the first pediatric surgical center established in Egypt by Professor Doctor El Sayed El Akkary in 1973.
Shatby University Hospital Pediatric Surgical Unit is a tertiary health care facility that serves four provinces (Alexandria, Behira, Kafr El Sheikh and Marsa Matrouh).
Shatby University Hospital Pediatric Surgical Unit receives an average of 7200 cases in the outpatient clinic per year and its schedule has 4 operating list per week and emergency 24 hours a day seven days a week.
The total number of surgical therapeutic procedures in Shatby University Hospital Pediatric Surgical Unit during the year of 2012 was 1491 cases, 50.5% of them were done as elective procedures and 49.5% were done as emergency procedures, which is considered a great rate of admission compared to other pediatric surgical centers
The most common cause of neonatal admission to Shatby University Hospital Pediatric Surgical Unit during the year of 2012 was anorectal malformations found in 68 cases followed by TOF found in 53 cases, almost a case per week.
The overall mortality among operated cases done to 1491 case in Shatby University Hospital Pediatric Surgical Unit during the year of 2012 was 5% and 95% of cases cured and discharged, which is considered an excellent rate of cure and discharge compared to the overall mortality.