Publications by authors named "B A Famurewa"
Background: Gunshot related injuries to the face are relatively rare in peacetime. This study reported the pattern of presentation and management of orofacial civilian gunshot injuries at a Nigerian tertiary hospital.
Methodology: Medical records of 25 patients who sustained gunshot injuries to the face and were managed at the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex, Ile Ife between 2010 and 2019 were reviewed.
Epidemiology of Blindness From Facial Trauma: A Multi-Centre Nigerian Study.
Craniomaxillofac Trauma Reconstr
March 2023
Study Design: This is a multi-centre retrospective study.
Objective: To determine the prevalence of blindness and pattern of facial trauma associated with blindness among Nigerians.
Methods: A multi-centre retrospective study of all patients with facial trauma resulting in blindness, that were co-managed by maxillofacial surgeons and ophthalmologists in 4 Nigerian public tertiary hospitals between January 2010 and December 2019 was undertaken.
The effective management of odontogenic keratocyst (OKC) remains a subject of interest and confusion in the oral and maxillofacial surgery literature. Currently, there is a lack of consensus regarding the most appropriate treatment for patients with OKC. Of the various treatment options available, no modality to date has been shown to demonstrate a zero or near-zero recurrence rates except wide resection with clear margins.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: To determine the cost of surgically treated mandibular fractures, methods of payments, and the relationship between socioeconomic status of subjects and payment methods in a Nigerian tertiary hospital.
Methods: A retrospective review of 100 subjects who sustained 148 isolated mandibular fractures was conducted between November 2014 and October 2019. Demographics, socioeconomic status, mechanism of injury, fracture sites, type of treatment, and cost of treatment with methods of payments were obtained from medical records and hospital billing sheets of eligible subjects.
Background: Mandibular fractures are universal in distribution, but its etiologies and presentation patterns differ from one country to another because of varying socioeconomic, cultural and geographical factors. We analyzed the etiological factors and presentation patterns of mandibular fractures in a tertiary hospital at Nigeria's second largest city.
Methods: Patients with isolated mandibular fractures at Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano were prospectively reviewed over a 12-months period.