Starting a Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary surgery program from scratch: Closing the gap in West Africa
The burden of hepato-pancreato-biliary (HPB) disease in West Africa ranks among the highest incidence rates and poorest survival outcomes globally.In this paper, we discuss the landscape of HPB disease in West Africa and the available infrastructure to mitigate it.We describe the development of the HPB surgery program at Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex (OAUTHC), a tertiary referral and teaching hospital in Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria.We detail our case volume and describe our progressive development towards becoming the singular dedicated HPB surgery and only endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) program in Nigeria.Our hospital's capacity to be a leader in this way can partly be attributed to our successful partnerships with international collaborators.
Authors
- Adewale Aderounmu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0142-7818)
- Erica Mann
- Olusegun Isaac Alatise (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0565-077X)
- Adewale Adisa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1927-3992)
- Catherine N. Zivanov (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7489-5386)
- T A Ojumu
Institutions
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (US)
- Washington University in St. Louis (US)
- Lankenau Medical Center (US)
- Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex (NG)
- Obafemi Awolowo University (NG)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Surgical Oncology Insight
- Published
- 2025-02-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soi.2025.100132
- Primary Topic
- Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Massachusetts General Hospital
- Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
- International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association
- National Institutes of Health
- National Cancer Institute