Publications by authors named "L C Chiedozi"
Background: Symptomatic cholelithiasis occurs in pregnancy in our patient population, some of whom are diabetic. But its management remains controversial. How common is the problem? Is our current policy of management appropriate for our patients?
Patients And Methods: The management of 162 pregnant patients admitted over a ten-year period with symptomatic cholelithiasis was evaluated in a retrospective study.
Article Synopsis
- This study aims to fill the knowledge gap regarding breast diseases in the Northern region of Saudi Arabia by analyzing records from 708 patients over eight years, categorizing findings into benign, inflammatory, malignant, congenital, and functional cases.
- The results show that benign breast diseases are the most common (48.9%), followed by inflammatory diseases (42.5%), and breast cancer (8.6%), with fibroadenoma being the most prevalent benign condition and ductal carcinoma being the most common cancer.
- The study concludes that, while most breast diseases are benign, some have a potential cancer risk, and emphasizes the need for educational programs to raise awareness about breast health, especially given that advanced cancer cases
Fine needle aspiration (FNA) cytology plays a major role in the diagnosis of the thyroid lesions in university hospitals and tertiary referral institutions. Our aim was to find out if this was possible in small district hospitals with limited resources. Over a 7-year period, from October 1994 to April 2002, 303 patients with thyroid swellings underwent FNA with an overall adequacy rate of 97.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To study the value of fine needle aspiration (FNA) in the diagnosis of head and neck masses in a secondary care hospital.
Study Design: FNA from 225 patients with head and neck masses were reviewed. The results were analyzed, according to anatomic location, into 3 groups: inflammatory, congenital and neoplastic.