Publications by authors named "O S Balogun"
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- Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a prevalent and lethal cancer that requires effective surgical management for better long-term outcomes.
- This article reviews the various factors affecting long-term patient outcomes post-CRC surgery, emphasizing the roles of both early recovery and post-operative care.
- Key determinants identified include pre-operative factors, surgical considerations, adherence to Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) guidelines, postoperative complications, and psychosocial influences, all of which significantly impact survival and quality of life.
Background: Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer among women in Nigeria where, the gap between need for, and access to, radiation therapy including brachytherapy is significant. This report documents the implementation of the first three-dimensional high-dose-rate (3D-HDR) brachytherapy service for cervical cancer in Nigeria.
Purpose: This report details the steps taken to implement the 3D-HDR brachytherapy program, the challenges faced, and the adaptive strategies employed to overcome them.
The "Pfizer Boob Job": A Case of Unexplained Gigantomastia.
Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open
December 2024
True parenchymal breast changes following COVID-19 vaccination are exceedingly rare. Equally rare are incidences of pseudoangiomatous stromal hyperplasia (PASH)-associated gigantomastia. The patient in this case report presented with both occurrences and experienced massive breast enlargement 1 week postadministration of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, which worsened after her second dose.
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- The article presents a new unit distribution that extends the Tiessier distribution, featuring a flexible hazard function that can take various shapes, like bathtub or N-shaped curves.
- It conducts a thorough analysis of the distribution's properties and uses maximum likelihood estimation plus eleven other methods for parameter estimation, showing their accuracy through simulations, even with small sample sizes.
- The new distribution is tested on two datasets, demonstrating better performance than existing models in fitting data patterns, and it highlights its potential applications across various fields, while contributing to the development of probability theory and statistical methods.
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- The study aimed to investigate how alcohol consumption is linked to stroke occurrences in Nigeria and Ghana by comparing individuals who had strokes to those who didn't.!
- It involved over 7,368 participants, classifying them into groups based on their alcohol consumption habits, and utilized various statistical models to analyze the data.!
- Results indicated that current drinkers had a higher risk of stroke, particularly among moderate, binge, and heavy drinkers, while former drinkers showed no significant stroke risk. !