Assessment of Treatment Outcomes in the Management of Club foot using the Ponseti Technique: A cross-sectional study.

Background: The Ponseti technique remains the preferred method for club foot treatment. Although measures of treatment outcomes have been well documented, there is no consensus on the determinants of those outcomes. This study aims to assess treatment outcomes and the factors which can influence treatment outcomes.

Case studies of multi-disciplinary team management of atypical gastric cancer: challenges and lessons learned (about two cases).

There is a paradigm shift towards adopting a multidisciplinary team (MDT) model in the care of cancer patients, with increasing evidence to support its effectiveness. Cancers are biologically distinct, patients present in diverse ways and require, different therapeutic approaches in their management. Patient symptoms and treatment side-effects as well as physical and psychological impact vary according to cancer location and treatment plan.

The relative associations of the paediatric trauma score and revised trauma score with the severity of childhood trauma.

Background: Children are prone to unintentional injuries and various scoring systems have been used to triage these injuries. The aim of this study is to determine the associations between paediatric trauma score (PTS), revised trauma score (RTS) and the length of hospital stay as an indicator of injury severity.

Methods: This is a descriptive cross-sectional study conducted in the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, Calabar and National Orthopaedic Hospital, Enugu from February 2018 to March 2020.

Tropical Diabetic Hand Syndrome-Report of 2 Cases.

Tropical diabetic hand syndrome (TDHS) is not a commonly reported complication of diabetes mellitus. It was first reported in Nigeria in 1984[1] but prior to that time, in 1977, it was described in the United States of America.[2] Several other cases are now being reported in other countries of Africa and India.