Dr. Oppong is a UK Colorectal Surgeon with a subspecialty interest in Pelvic Floor Surgery and Humanitarian Hernia surgery. He retired from active colorectal practice at the end of 2021 after establishing a Pelvic Floor practice in Plymouth. His practice is now mainly in hernia surgery, at the Plymouth Nuffield Hospital in the UK. He is Chairman of Operation Hernia, a UK-registered Hernia charity that has offered hernia service and training to Low and Middle Income (LMIC) countries since 2005. He is a recognized trainer in hernia surgery in LMIC and has co-authored publications on hernia surgery in LMIC including a publication of the structured training protocol used by Operation Hernia.
He is a member of the European Hernia Society (EHS) and a member of its Committee that drafted the Scrotal Hernia Guidelines. He is an advisor to the Education Committee of the European Hernia Society on Training in LMICs.
Selected publications from PubMed
Postgraduate surgical hernia training with a standardized hernia surgery training tool: training while serving humanity.
Francis B, Mubezi I, Kakande I, Oppong C, Akoh J, Tatumwa BD
Ann Med Surg (Lond). 2025 Dec;87(12):8304-8308 doi: 10.1097/MS9.0000000000004183.
Case Report: A Rare Case of an Obstructed Floating Kidney Incarcerated Within a Massive Scrotal Hernia: Management at a Norwegian Hospital by Surgeons With Experience in Africa.
Lindeman RJ, Oppong C, Mjåland O
J Abdom Wall Surg. 2025;4:13914 doi: 10.3389/jaws.2025.13914.
Structured hernia surgery training program for general practitioners in Rwanda - feasibility and evaluation.
Lorenz R, Hubert L, Paasch C, Conze J, Oppong C, Akoh JA, Sedgwick DM, Nsabimana V, Mantke R
Hernia. 2025 Jan 23;29(1):73 doi: 10.1007/s10029-025-03260-8.
Technical aspects of inguino scrotal hernia surgery in developing countries.
Shine K, Oppong C, Fitzgibbons R, Campanelli G, Reinpold W, Roll S, Chen D, Filipi CJ
Hernia. 2023 Feb;27(1):173-179 doi: 10.1007/s10029-022-02695-7.
Improving surgical education in East Africa with a standardized hernia training program.
Lorenz R, Oppong C, Frunder A, Lechner M, Sedgwick DM, Tasi A, Wiessner R
Hernia. 2021 Feb;25(1):183-192 doi: 10.1007/s10029-020-02157-y.
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