Publications by authors named "I E Onah"
Background: Hand injuries sometimes cause significant loss of function with psychological and functional consequences. The national status on dedicated specialised hand surgery units, hand surgery fellowship programmes, and outcome of operative hand surgery cases is generally lacking.
Aims: To determine the current state of hand surgery practice in south eastern Nigeria and identify the major challenges to its practice and proffer realistic solutions.
The theory of small-amplitude waves propagating across a blood vessel junction has been well established with linear analysis. In this study, we consider the propagation of large-amplitude, nonlinear waves (i.e.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: This study aimed to analyze multicenter patterns in cleft deformity surgeries and identify factors associated with the timing of primary cleft repair in Nigeria.
Methods: A cross-sectional study of children managed for clefts from January 2009 to December 2020 at three Smile Train partner tertiary institutions situated in the east (Enugu), west (Ibadan), and northern (Jos) parts of the country using a prospectively collected database. Outcomes were the types of surgery performed, yearly volume of surgeries, methods of repair, and time of surgery (early versus late).
Background And Objectives: The survival rate of patients with burn injuries has increased remarkably owing to the advancements in burn management which has resulted in improved survival rates, shorter hospital stays and decreases in morbidity and mortality rates due to the development of fluid resuscitation protocols, improved respiratory support, infection control etc. This study compares the parameters of burn patients admitted in a tertiary hospital from January 2012 to December 2016 and January 2017 to December 2021.
Materials And Methods: This study was at the National Orthopaedic Hospital Enugu, NOHE.