Post-operative complications following colorectal cancer surgery in Nigeria and Ghana: A systematic review.

Males accounted for 57.1% of the patients and 42.9% were females.

Study designs were mostly cross-sectional with sample sizes ranging from 2 to 4898.

About half (50.7%) of the surgeries performed for colorectal cancer were hemicolectomies.

Other postoperative complications were death (21.7%), fascial/wound dehiscence (12.6%), bowel obstruction (11.1%), fistulae (10.6%), anastomotic leak (6.4%), bleeding (1.5%) and others (8.3%).