CLINICO-DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE AND TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH PROSTATE CANCER IN A NORTH- CENTRAL NIGERIAN TEACHING HOSPITAL.

Background: Prostate cancer is one of the most common malignancies afflicting men worldwide. In the male population, it is estimated that one in seven will be diagnosed and one in 38 will die from prostate cancer. Majority of patients in Sub Saharan Africa present with advanced disease.

Correlation Between Serum Prostate-Specific Antigen and Testosterone Following Bilateral Total Orchidectomy for Patients with Advanced Prostate Cancer in Jos, Nigeria.

Background: Prostate cancer is a common malignancy affecting men beyond the middle age. Monitoring of treatment of the disease using serum testosterone and prostate-specific antigen (PSA) offers an index of treatment efficacy and a reflection of disease progression, respectively. The objective of this study was to determine the relationship between changing values of serum PSA and serum testosterone in patients with advanced prostate cancer following bilateral total orchidectomy (BTO).

The predictive value of intravesical prostatic protrusion on the outcome of trial without catheter in patients with acute urinary retention from benign prostatic hyperplasia at Jos University Teaching Hospital, Nigeria: a prospective observational study.

Introduction: acute urinary retention represents a significant and painful event in the natural history of benign prostatic hyperplasia. This study was to determine the value of intravesical prostatic protrusion in predicting the outcome of trial without catheter in patients presenting with acute urinary retention from benign prostatic hyperplasia.

Methods: this was a prospective observational study carried out over a one-year period among 78 patients with acute urinary retention from benign prostatic hyperplasia who presented at the Accident and Emergency Department of Jos University Teaching Hospital.

Surgical management of benign prostate hyperplasia in Nigeria: open prostatectomy versus transurethral resection of the prostate.

Introduction: transvesical (open) prostatectomy (OP), an invasive surgical procedure, is a common form of treatment offered to patients with benign prostatic enlargement in emerging economies. Recently, there has been an increase in the use of electrosurgical means in treating benign prostate hyperplasia in our environment, especially transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP). This study compares the perioperative, short-term outcomes and complications of open prostatectomy and TURP.

Dorsal onlay buccal mucosa graft urethroplasty for bulbar urethral stricture: a single centre experience.

Introduction: the successful treatment for urethral strictures demands not just attention to surgical details but careful selection of the reconstructive technique. For long segment urethral strictures substitution urethroplasty is required. This study sought to determine the success rate and complications of dorsal onlay buccal mucosal graft (BMG) urethroplasty for long segment urethral strictures in our hospital.

Lower urinary tract symptoms in patients with advanced prostate cancer: What are the outcomes of androgen deprivation therapy?

Background: Androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) is accepted as the first-line treatment of advanced prostate cancer. This study sets out to determine the outcomes of ADT in reducing lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) in patients with advanced prostate cancer and also to determine the quality of life (QoL) of the patients.

Patients And Methods: This was a prospective study carried out at Jos University Teaching Hospital.

Predictors of urethral stricture recurrence following urethroplasty: a retrospective review at the Jos University Teaching Hospital, Nigeria.

Introduction: Incidence of urethral stricture recurrence ranges between 2% to 36.4% with 75% occurring within the first 6 months of surgery. Hence, they need to identify the predictors of recurrence following urethroplasty.

A cost effective analysis of fixed-dose combination of dutasteride and tamsulosin compared with dutasteride monotherapy for benign prostatic hyperplasia in Nigeria: a middle income perspective; using an interactive Markov model.

Background: The number of Nigerian men presenting with benign prostatic hyperplasia is on the rise because of increase awareness about the ailment. With the renewed effort by the national health insurance scheme to cover the informal sector, it becomes imperative to determine the cost implication for managing Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH) and the cost effective drug combination to be adopted. The objective of this study is to estimate cost effective analysis (CEA) of fixed -dose combination of dutasteride and tamsulosin compared with dutasteride monotherapy from the health service provider perspective design.

Preliminary experience with radical cystectomy and w-ileal pouch for muscle invasive transitional cell bladder carcinoma.

Background: Radical cystectomy and bilateral pelvic lymphadenectomy is considered the treatment of choice for patients with muscle invasive transitional cell bladder cancer. Following radical cystectomy the surgeon would choose an appropriate modality of urinary diversion from a plethora of methods. Radical cystectomy with any type of diversion remains a complication-prone surgery.