Kaolin consumption and outcome of surgery in women: a comparative study of 263 operations at the Yaoundé Gyneco-Obstetric and Pediatric Hospital

Authors

  • Pascal Foumane Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (FMBS), The University of Yaoundé 1, Cameroon
  • Agnès Esiene Department of Reanimation and Anesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (FMBS), The University of Yaoundé 1, Cameroon
  • Julius Sama Dohbit Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (FMBS), The University of Yaoundé 1, Cameroon
  • Raïssa Carine Ambatta Mbasso Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (FMBS), The University of Yaoundé 1, Cameroon
  • Christiane Nsahlai Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (FMBS), The University of Yaoundé 1, Cameroon
  • Jacqueline Ze Minkande Department of Reanimation and Anesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (FMBS), The University of Yaoundé 1, Cameroon

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/2320-1770.ijrcog20164317

Keywords:

Cameroon, Kaolin, Outcome, Postsurgical infections, Surgery

Abstract

Background: Kaolin consumption is common in our sub-Saharan Africa. The objective of this study was to assess the effects of kaolin consumption on the outcome of surgery in women.

Methods: It was a cohort study comparing the occurrence of complications during labor among 263 consecutively recruited women who underwent gynecologic or obstetric surgery at the Yaoundé Gyneco-Obstetric and Pediatric Hospital, Cameroon. Sixty of them (22.8%) declared kaolin consumption before surgery and 203 (77.2%) who denied having consumed kaolin before surgery.

Results: Kaolin consumption was found to predispose to postsurgical infections (RR=3.03; IC=1.82-5.05).

Conclusions: Kaolin geophagia should be identified before surgery to prevent related postsurgical infections. A systematic ban of kaolin consumption is also recommended. 

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Published

2016-12-07

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 12 (2016): December 2016

Section

Original Research Articles