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Department of SurgeryHealth Sciences

Frank Enoch Gyamfi

10 Publications8 Research Themes9 Open Access
Research Overview & Focus

The researcher's work is comprehensive, spanning multiple surgical domains across low- and middle-income countries. Their focus includes mechanisms of death after abdominal surgeries, surrogate outcome validity in randomized trials, localized anesthesia use for hernia repair, mesh applications in repairs, global surgical guidelines, and GiI management. They also investigate genetic factors in colorectal cancer, assessing Gastric Necrosis in a teenager, and evaluating povidone vs normal saline efficacy against SIs following appendectomy. Their research integrates anesthesia, hem anatomy, fractures, trauma, esophaguegian studies, genetic health, and emergency surgery guidelines.

Key Research Themes (8)
Health Sciences

Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management

Health Sciences

Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes

Health Sciences

Esophageal and GI Pathology

Health Sciences

Genetic factors in colorectal cancer

Health Sciences

Global Healthcare and Medical Tourism

Health Sciences

Hernia repair and management

Health Sciences

Hip and Femur Fractures

Health Sciences

Trauma and Emergency Care Studies

Publications (10)

Evaluating the efficacy of dilute povidone-iodine versus normal saline for preventing surgical site infections following appendectomy: a prospective observational study in Ghanaian tertiary hospital

Open Access
2025Appendicitis Diagnosis and ManagementDOI: 10.1186/s12893-025-03088-0

Geospatial analysis of first, second, and third level hospitals in a surgical network in the low and middle income countries

Open Access
2024Global Healthcare and Medical TourismDOI: 10.62463/surgery.107

Provision of inguinal hernia surgery in first‐referral hospitals across low‐ and middle‐income countries: Secondary analysis of an international cohort study

Open Access
2024Trauma and Emergency Care StudiesDOI: 10.1002/wjs.12374

Mechanisms and causes of death after abdominal surgery in low-income and middle-income countries: a secondary analysis of the FALCON trial

Open Access
2024Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical OutcomesDOI: 10.1016/s2214-109x(24)00318-8

The importance of post-discharge surgical site infection surveillance: an exploration of surrogate outcome validity in a global randomised controlled trial (FALCON)

Open Access
2023Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical OutcomesDOI: 10.1016/s2214-109x(23)00256-5

Global guidelines for emergency general surgery: systematic review and Delphi prioritization process

Open Access
2022Trauma and Emergency Care StudiesDOI: 10.1093/bjsopen/zrac005

Acute Gastric Necrosis in a Teenager

Open Access
2020Esophageal and GI PathologyDOI: 10.1155/2020/8882179

Familial adenomatous polyposis: a case study

Open Access
2020Genetic factors in colorectal cancerDOI: 10.1093/jscr/rjaa367

Local anesthesia underutilized for inguinal hernia repair in northern Ghana

Open Access
2018Hernia repair and managementDOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0206465

The use of mesh for inguinal hernia repair in northern Ghana

2018Hip and Femur FracturesDOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2018.04.058
Academic Metrics
DepartmentDepartment of Surgery
Total Publications10
Research Themes8
Open Access Papers9

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Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

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