Objectives: The study assessed the prevalence of complications associated with traditional uvulectomy and identified factors associated with favorable outcome after management in a pediatric population in North-Western Nigeria.
Study Design And Setting: This cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out at the accident and emergency section as well as at the otolaryngology out-patient clinic of the Federal Medical Centre, Birnin-Kebbi, Nigeria.
Methods: Patients with traditional uvulectomy complications were recruited on consecutive basis and sample size was dependent on the patients seen over the study period.