Mortality Pattern in Surgical Wards in Northwestern Nigeria: A Single-Center Study.

Background: Surgical pathologies contribute to a huge portion of the global burden of diseases. Surgical needs therefore remain high and is projected to increase even further in the near future with increasing life expectancy and comorbidities, given the projection that 16% of the world's population will be older than 65 years by 2050. The outcome of patients with surgical pathologies could be influenced by several factors.

Burden of Chronic Musculoskeletal Disorders amongst Patients Attending Orthopaedic Outpatients Clinic of a Tertiary Hospital, North-Western Nigeria.

Background: Musculoskeletal disorders often pose significant limitation to activities of daily living due to pain or disability. These disorders often arise as a result of the normal aging process, but most have some predisposing factors that are lifestyle-related, especially in younger people as a result of repeated mal- posturing/ misuse of parts of the body in the course of their jobs or recreations. These disorders cause more functional limitations in the older adult population than any other group of disorders.