Obesity and the Need for Bariatric Surgery in Nigeria: A Review.

Obesity was mainly regarded as a disease of developed countries, but currently there is a growing rise in the population of patients with obesity in developing countries of Africa. A body mass index of 30 kg/m2 or higher is regarded as obesity, and this may be associated with comorbidities such as metabolic and cardiovascular diseases, orthopaedic and psychiatric conditions, and cancer. There is conclusive scientific evidence that shows that obesity is caused by complex psychosocial, genetic and environmental factors.

Benign Lipomatous Soft Tissue Tumors in Nigerians: An Analysis of the Clinical and Morphological Features of a Common but Important Entity.

Introduction Benign lipomatous tumors are soft tissue tumors that exhibit a predominant adipocytic phenotype. Lipomas are the archetype and are the most common benign soft tissue tumors in adults but relatively uncommon in children. Their sex incidence is equivocal.

The Trend of Cholecystectomies After the Introduction of Laparoscopic Surgery in a District Hospital in Abuja, North Central Nigeria.

Background Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is not readily available in secondary care hospitals in Nigeria, even though it is now the gold standard for the treatment of cholelithiasis and other gallbladder diseases worldwide. Thus, many hospitals in Nigeria still offer open cholecystectomies. This retrospective study investigated the trend of cholecystectomies performed in the general surgery unit of a district hospital in Abuja before and after the commencement of laparoscopic surgery services in 2016.

Biopsy-Proven Melanosis Coli Initially Diagnosed As Candidiasis on Colonoscopy: A Report of Two Cases From North Central Nigeria.

Melanosis coli is a benign condition, often identified as an incidental finding during colonoscopy, characterized by brown or black pigmentation of the colonic mucosa due to lipofuscin deposition within the cytoplasm of cells. It has been linked to the excessive use of laxatives, particularly those that are anthraquinone-based but also stimulant laxatives and herbal remedies. White patches on colonoscopy in this condition are an extremely rare finding.

Leisure-time physical activity is associated with reduced risks of breast cancer and triple negative breast cancer in Nigerian women.

Background: Leisure-time physical activity(LTPA) is associated with a reduced risk of breast cancer, but this has less been investigated by cancer subtypes in Africans living in Sub-Saharan Africa(SSA). We examined the associations between LTPA and breast cancer including its subtypes in Nigerian women and explored the effect modification of body size on such associations.

Methods: The sample included 508 newly diagnosed primary invasive breast cancer cases and 892 controls from the Nigerian Integrative Epidemiology of Breast Cancer(NIBBLE) Study.

A matched case-control study of bean intake and breast cancer risk in urbanized Nigerian women.

Purpose: Bean intake has been associated with reduced risk of breast cancer, however; only a few studies considered molecular subtypes status and none in African women living in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Therefore, the purpose of this study was to examine the associations between dietary intake of beans and breast cancer including its subtypes in Nigerian women.

Methods: Overall, 472 newly diagnosed patients with primary invasive breast cancer were age-matched (± 5 years) with 472 controls from the Nigerian Integrative Epidemiology of Breast Cancer (NIBBLE) Study from 01/2014 to 07/2016.