Incidental Prostatic Adenocarcinoma in Open Prostatectomy Specimens: An Institutional Experience.

Background: Prostatic diseases cause significant morbidity and mortality in African men. Most Nigerian patients presenting with huge prostate enlargement are availed open prostatectomy to relieve symptoms of prostatism. Some prostates removed for benign enlargement have indolent cancers that are only discovered after histopathological examination.

A Bone Scan Is Valuable for Primary Staging of Newly Diagnosed Prostate Cancer in a Low-Resource Setting (Nigeria).

Objective: There is a paucity of information on bone scanning for prostate cancer from low-resource countries. This study evaluated the role of bone scan in the primary staging of newly diagnosed prostate cancer in one such setting.

Methods: A retrospective analysis of 126 men with newly diagnosed prostate cancer undergoing an initial staging bone scan between January 2017 and December 2020 was carried out at a regional nuclear medicine center in Nigeria.

Cosmetic Appeal, HRQoL, and Effectiveness of Simple and Pseudotesticular Techniques of Orchidectomy in Prostate Cancer.

Introduction: Orchidectomy is the most cost-effective means of hormonal therapy for locally advanced or metastatic prostate cancer (LAMP). However, cost-effectiveness should not detract from health-related quality of life (HRQoL) considerations. Bilateral simple orchidectomy (BSO) has been linked to negative psychometric deficits from an empty scrotum.

Penile length of men attending urology outpatient clinic in Southwest Nigeria.

Penile length varies worldwide. It is necessary to determine penile length in our region to enable adequate counselling on normal length and reduce avoidable anxiety. Two hundred and seventy-one men were recruited with 97 men in group I and 174 men in group II.

Urethral steinstrasse: Day case care.

Urethral steinstrasse is rare. Only a few cases of spontaneous or postinterventional urethral steinstrasse have been reported in pediatric and adult patients. We report a case of a 52-year-old Nigerian man with a secondary urethral steinstrasse, and the treatment options possible, as day case procedures, under caudal anesthesia.

Erectile Dysfunction Among Men Attending Surgical Outpatients Department in a Tertiary Hospital in South-Western Nigeria.

Background: Erectile dysfunction is becoming a public health issue with high incidences reported in community studies.

Objective: To evaluate the characteristics and outcome of treatment in men with erectile dysfunction in a tertiary center in Ibadan southwestern Nigeria.

Methods: Data of men with erectile dysfunction was retrieved between July 2004 and June 2014 and analyzed using SPSS version 16 statistical software.

Urethral obstruction from dislodged bladder diverticulum stones: a case report.

Background: Secondary urethral stone although rare, commonly arises from the kidneys, bladder or are seen in patients with urethral stricture. These stones are either found in the posterior or anterior urethra and do result in acute urinary retention. We report urethral obstruction from dislodged bladder diverticulum stones.

Open haemorrhoidectomy under local anaesthesia for symptomatic haemorrhoids: An experience from Nigeria.

Background And Study Aims: Ligation-excision haemorrhoidectomy is considered to be the gold-standard treatment for prolapsed haemorrhoids. The procedure is commonly done under general or regional anaesthesia. This study aimed to assess the feasibility and tolerability of open haemorrhoidectomy under local anaesthesia.

Daycase urology at Ibadan, Nigeria: a ten year review.

Introduction: The objective of the study was to report the extent of urological surgeries performed as day cases in a major tertiary hospital in Ibadan and document the outcome.

Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the data of all urologic patients treated at the day-case theatre between January 2000 and December 2009. The parameters evaluated were: age, diagnosis, type of surgery/procedure, anaesthesia administered and the rank of the surgeon.