A.I. Ugochukwu's research while affiliated with Enugu State University of Science and Technology and other places

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Objective: To determine the value of international prostate symptom scoring (IPSS) system in management of patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) in Jos, Nigeria. Materials and methods: This was a prospective study of 104 newly diagnosed patients with BPH from June 2006 to July 2007. Patients' symptoms were initially evaluated by admin...
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Background: Acute perforated peptic ulcer is a leading cause of generalized peritonitis and its management has continued to be a challenging task in our environment. Objective: There is a paucity of published reports on acute perforated peptic ulcers in our environment. This study was conducted to evaluate the different pattern of risk factors c...
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Background: The management of ileal typhoid perforation is a challenging task in our environment. Lack of incidence data base and poor financial resources preclude adequate prevention of this public health menace. Objectives: For now the focus will remain the effective and strategic management of this complication to reduce the morbidity and mor...
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The practice of FGM is most prevalent in the African countries such as Nigeria, Ethiopia, Sudan, Egypt, and some area of the Middle East. It is not restricted to any ethnic, religious or socioeconomic class. There are many reasons for perpetuation of this practice; the most common are cultural and religious beliefs. The aim of this paper is to high...
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A simple technique for the repair of complete rectal prolapse is described and the result discussed. This simple suture method involves posterior rectopexy; suturing the rectum to the sacrum with interrupted nylon suture, which is commonly available in Nigeria, and thus avoiding the insertion of foreign material (eg polypropylene mesh) which are no...
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Gossypiboma may not be too uncommon especially in developing countries but it is definitely under-reported. It is an avoidable surgical error. The abdominal cavity is the commonest site of retained material after surgery and sponges and gauzes (Gossypiboma) the commonest material retained. Gossypiboma in abdominal cavity elicits two types of respon...
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Surgical instruments and materials continue to be retained in the peritoneal cavity despite precautionary measures. Even though uncommon it is also under-reported and carries serious medico-legal consequences. Gauzes and sponges (gossypiboma) are the most commonly retained materials and intra-abdominal retained artery forceps are much rarer but whe...
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INTRODUCTION Enterocutanous fistula remains a formidable and major surgical problem worldwide, and despite medical advances in the past two decades it is still attended with significant potential for morbidity and mortality. Every surgeon who operates in the abdominal cavity fears complications but perhaps none more than the development of enterocu...
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Racial Predisposition to Hypertension, obesity and other cardiovascular diseases (CVD) have been the subject of some recent researches. The various anthropometric and obesity indicators and their relationship with blood pressure parameters in the Ibos of Nigeria were studied. Using the simple random design, 569 males and females Nigerians of Ibo et...
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Increase in the prevalence of hypertension, obesity and obesity related diseases has become significant cause of disability and premature death in both developing and newly developed countries, with over bearing demand on national health budgets. To evaluate the impact of various levels of education on obesity and blood pressure. 325 male and 254 f...
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Objectives: Controversial in the development of anatomical science education is the role of dissection in the teaching of anatomy. Several doubts have been expressed over the usefulness of the use of cadavers in gross anatomy studies. This work was designed to compare the outcomes from a cadaver dissection-based study with a non-cadaver-based study...
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Sequel to a car crash, Chief A, a 52-year old bankerpresented in the Orthopaedic Unit of University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital Enugu with fracture right forearm bones and minor bruises in the abdomen and buttocks. His fractured right forearm was treated surgically and patient was dischharged. A month later, Chief A developed breathlessness and wa...
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INTRODUCTION The department of morbid anatomy at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH) ENUGU caters for over 30 million people, mainly Black Africans of Ibo ethnic group. The laboratory receives approximately 2000 surgical pathology specimens per year. Majority of these specimens comprise of outside referrals in 60% of cases, while 40%...

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... Local data on incidence of retained foreign materials are not available, it is in the light of the facts stated above, that most authors hypothesizes that the incidence of retained instruments would be higher here than quoted in the literature. [7] Gossypiboma is the commonest foreign material retained. It accounts for 70% of retained foreign materials. ...
... Benign SGTs peaked mostly in the 3 rd or 4 th decade of life, with a mean age ranging between 36.5 years and 38.2 years [4] [8] [9] [11]. Pleomorphic adenoma is the most common benign salivary tumour in all the studies [4] [8] [9] [10] [12] [13] [14]. Malignant SGTs on the other hand mostly showed a peak in the 5 th decade of life [4] [8] [15]. ...
... 9 Complex types are with multiple tracts with or without intervening abscesses or involving other organ systems. 10 The physiological classification is based on the volume of its output. 11,12 Aetiologically, the majority of enterocutaneous fistulas are iatrogenic (75-85%) while between 15 and 25% occur spontaneously. ...
... A similar finding was reported by another study by Amu et al [8], Ricardo et al [9] noted BPH as the most common cause of obstructive uropathy. In another study, Amugo et al [2] found out that the majority of patients in their study who presented with renal impairment had a diagnosis of BPH.. ...
... Although there are studies showing that anatomy instruction without cadavers is not effective, there are also studies showing that anatomy instruction without cadavers can be effective (13,14). Many authors have pointed out that cadaver dissection-based study provides students with a definitive and reliable resource that allows them to master structural knowledge and develop active learning skills (13,15,16). ...
... 7 In sub-Saharan Africa and similar LMIC PPU occurs predominantly in males and poses several challenges that may adversely affect the outcome of patients due to late presentation, deficient hospital services and inadequate surgical and intensive care unit (ICU) facilities. Recent descriptive studies from sub-Saharan Africa are mostly from West and East Africa, [8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19] with only one study each from Malawi 20 and Zambia, 21 and two from South Africa in 2005 22 and in 1989. 23 The aim of this study was to describe the demographics, clinical presentation, pathology, management, and outcome of a cohort of patients with PPU from a single centre in South Africa and to compare the findings with those of other recent PPU studies from sub-Saharan Africa. ...
... Secondary peritonitis is more prevalent in developing countries. The estimated frequency of gut perforation in the western world for example ranges from 0.6% to 4.9%, but in West Africa, it 4 is as high as 33%. ...
... Another study that analysed health survey data from Australia, Canada, England, and Korea showed that better education is associated with a lower likelihood of obesity, especially among women [24], while another found the highest average of all indicators of subcutaneous fat, general obesity, and central obesity in the lowest educational group and the least average in the highest educational group [25]. ...
... No. de referencias Mejora en la cultura organizacional del entorno quirúrgico (13,20,(29)(30)(31) Mejora en la comunicación con el personal de quirófano (13,31,32,34) Educación sobre los riesgos de un OER (13,20,30) Inspección visual de la cavidad antes de cerrar (13,20,29,34) Solicitud de radiografía intraoperatoria de rutina (13,28,43,(29)(30)(31)33,34,37,40,42) 2. Asociadas al conteo quirúrgico ...