Author(s)

Kwaku Otu-Boateng¹, George Amoah¹, Kwaku Addai Arhin Appiah^1*, Roland Azorliade¹, Christian Kofi Gyasi-Sarpong^1,2, Patrick Opoku Manu Maison³, Samuel Kodzo Togbe¹, John Boakye Addae¹, Charles Kwame Adofo⁴, Isaac Opoku Antwi¹, Benjamin Twumasi-Frimpong¹, Richard Kofi Ametih¹

¹Department of Surgery, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana.
²Department of Surgery, School of Medical Sciences and Dentistry, KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana.
³Department of Surgery, School of Medical Sciences, UCC, Cape Coast, Ghana.
⁴Surgery Department, Seventh Day Adventist Hospital, Dominase, Ghana.

Objective: To evaluate open nephrectomies performed in adults over a five year period at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) and to compare our experience with findings in the literature. Materials and Methods: This was a prospective, cross-sectional, hospital based study of all adults undergoing nephrectomy from October 2012 to September 2017 at KATH. We obtained data on patient demographics, clinical presentation, laboratory and imaging results, laterality of the disease, and indication for nephrectomy, complications and histopathology of nephrectomy specimen. The data was analyzed using PASW Statistics for Windows, Version 19.0. Chicago: SPSS Inc. Results: Thirty three (33) adult nephrectomies were performed over the study period. There were 18 males (54.50%) and 15 females (45.50%) with an age range of 16 years to 80 years. The modal age range for renal malignancies was 31 - 40 years accounting for 36.40% of adult nephrectomies. Flank pain (75.80%), haematuria (54.60%) and flank mass (51.50%) were the predominant presenting complaints. Malignant renal tumours accounted for 22 (66.70%) of the nephrectomies followed by neglected Pelvi-Ureteric Junction Obstruction (PUJO)—7 (21.20%); two (6.10%) nephrectomies were due to trauma and one (3.00%) for emphysematous pyelonephritis. Conclusion: Renal cell carcinoma constitutes the main indication for adult nephrectomy at KATH followed by neglected PUJO. Most of the patients with renal tumours were young and also presented late.

Adult, Nephrectomy, Renal Cell Carcinoma, Kidney, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital

Otu-Boateng, K. , Amoah, G. , Appiah, K. , Azorliade, R. , Gyasi-Sarpong, C. , Maison, P. , Togbe, S. , Addae, J. , Adofo, C. , Antwi, I. , Twumasi-Frimpong, B. and Ametih, R. (2020) Analysis of Adult Nephrectomies at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana. Open Journal of Urology, 10, 93-100. doi: 10.4236/oju.2020.104011.