Publications by authors named "Benjamin Ugwu"
Introduction: Uterine perforation following manual vacuum aspiration (MVA) of early pregnancy is an uncommon occurrence. It is even more unusual to be complicated by bowel herniation and intestinal obstruction. Proper evaluation and intervention are required to ameliorate the attendant morbidity.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Inadequate trauma care training opportunities exist in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. Jos University Teaching Hospital and the West African College of Surgeons (WACS) have synergized, over the past 15 years, to introduce a yearly, certified, multidisciplinary Trauma Management Course. We explore the history and evolution of this course.
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- Recent studies show a rising incidence of head and neck cancers in young people, particularly linked to high-risk human papilloma virus (hrHPV) infections, prompting this study to investigate hrHPV-related oropharyngeal carcinoma in Nigerian adults.
- The study analyzed data from 41 patients over two years, identifying a 17.1% HPV prevalence, with genotypes 16, 33, 35, and 52 being prevalent, while noting that HPV was absent in HIV-positive individuals.
- The findings highlight the association of specific hrHPV genotypes with oropharyngeal cancer in Nigeria, emphasizing the need for preventive measures, including vaccination and public awareness to combat these cancers.
Objective: To compare the prevalence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) in pregnant women with and without human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in Jos, Nigeria.
Methods: This comparative cross-sectional study of pregnant women was undertaken between 1 November 2017 and 30 April 2018. Informed consent was obtained, demographic data and predictors for HBV were collected, and all women were screened for HIV and HBV.
Background: Heterotopia of pancreatic tissue in the thorax and mediastinum is uncommon, although, a common developmental anomaly in the gastrointestinal tract where the aberrant tissue is a component of gastrointestinal duplication cysts, intralobular pulmonary sequestration or teratomas.
Case Presentation: We report a case of an ectopic pancreas located in a giant mediastinal cyst in a 2-year old girl who presented with severe dyspnoea due to external compression of the intra-thoracic structures, mainly the right main bronchus. Surgical resection was carried out with complete relief of symptoms.
Background: Abdominal injuries contribute significantly to battlefield trauma morbidity and mortality. This study sought to determine the incidence, demographics, clinical features, spectrum, severity, management, and outcome of abdominal trauma during a civilian conflict.
Materials And Methods: A prospective analysis of patients treated for abdominal trauma during the Jos civil crises between December 2010 and May 2012 at the Jos University Teaching Hospital.