Table 7. Range of Surgical Interventions Performed at Selected DRC Hospitals
ProcedureAbuziBwamandaDembaGomaKabareKinkandaKirotsheLubumbashiMulongoPanziWapindaYakoma
General and Pediatric Surgery
Resuscitation++++++++++−−
Abscess incision and drainage++++++++++++
Biopsy−+−−++−+++−−
Hydrocele++++++++++++
Hernia++++++++++++
Appendectomy++++++++++++
Laparotomy++++++++++++
Contracture release/skin graft−+−+++−+++−−
Tracheostomy/Cricothyroidotomy−+−+−+++++−−
Congenital hernia+++++++++++−
Neonatal surgery−+−+−+++++++
Male circumcision++++++++++++
Orthopedics and Trauma
Suturing++++++++++++
Wound debridement++++++++++++
Burn++++++++++−−
Foreign body removal−+−+++++++−−
Joint dislocation−+−+−−−+++−−
Closed fracture repair−+−+−+++++−−
Open fracture repair−+−+−+−+++−−
Osteomyelitis/septic arthritis drainage−+−+++−++++−
Amputation−+−+++++++−−
Chest tube insertion−+++−+−+++−−
Obstetrics/Gynecology and Other
Dilation and curettage++++++++++++
Tubal ligation++−++−++++−+
Cesarean delivery++++++++++++
Obstetric fistula−+−−−+−+++−−
Cystostomy++−+++++++++
Urethral stricture dilation−+++++++++−−
Anesthesia Care
Ketamine++++++++++++
Regional−+−+++++++−−
Spinal++++++++++++
General anesthesia−−−+−+−+−+−−

  • Abbreviation: DRC, Democratic Republic of the Congo.