Forty-five consecutive cases of urethral stricture seen in a single unit over a three-year period (May 2000-April 2003) were studied to determine mode of presentation, symptoms on presentation, cause of the stricture, course of the illness and the outcome of treatment. Thirty-nine patients were treated while 6 were lost to follow up before definitive therapy could be given. Most of the patients were adult males in their prime of life.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The causes and incidence of the commonly observed phenomenon of leaving against medical advice (LAMA) in our hospitals have not been studied. This retrospective study was aimed at evaluating its incidence and pattern in order to suggest possible solutions.
Methodology: The case files of patients who left against medical advice at the Casualty unit of the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital between July 2002 and December 2003 were retrieved from the Medical Records Department and information regarding age, sex, education/occupation, religion, diagnosis, reason(s) for leaving and duration of stay in casualty were extracted.
Afr J Med Med Sci
May 1987
Semen analysis in 116 subfertile and infertile patients with varicocele revealed oligospermia (counts less than 20 million/ml) in 66% of patients, asthenospermia (motility of less than 50%) in 59% of patients; and teratospermia (abnormal sperm morphology of greater than 50%) in 65% of patients. The sperm motility and morphology deteriorated with decrease in sperm concentration. After varicocelectomy 53% of all patients showed improvement in the overall semen quality.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA study was undertaken to determine the changes in the seminal fluid of adult patients presenting with unilateral testicular torsion. There was beneficial effect from excising an infarcted torsive testis and a deleterious effect from retaining it.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBilateral ureteric ligation is a rare complication of hysterectomy. We report a case of prompt recovery of renal function following release of bilateral ureteric ligation persisting for 33 days.
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