| surgery and anaesthesia at enga provincial hospital. | during a period of over 4 years, general medical officers in an isolated hospital in the highlands of papua new guinea (png) performed various major surgical procedures including laparotomy, sequestrectomy, prostatectomy, caesarian section and hysterectomy pig bel (enteritis necroticans) was the commonest condition requiring laparotomy (37.5%) and 64% of patients with this diagnosis were adult. arrow and spear wounds required surgical treatment in 193 adult patients and this group comprised 14.3 ... | 1982 | 6961623 |