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.

Pattern of Mammography Utilization by Women Attending Asokoro District Hospital, Abuja, Nigeria.

Introduction: Mammography is a major tool for the screening and diagnosis of breast cancer globally. Poor funding and lack of good public health education for mammography in resource-limited countries limit access to mammographic services. In these settings, patients bear the cost of breast cancer screening from out-of-pocket expenses.

Sonographic breast pattern in women in Ibadan, Nigeria.

Background: Sonographic breast density pattern like mammography is dependent on the relative proportion of connective and glandular tissue. Breast density is a marker for breast cancer risk and has received wide spread interest in many countries in recent times.

Aims And Objectives: This paper aims at describing the sonographic breast pattern in women in Ibadan using the American College of Radiology in its breast imaging reporting and data system (ACR-BI-RADS) lexicon.

Level of awareness of mammography among women attending outpatient clinics in a teaching hospital in Ibadan, South-West Nigeria.

Background: Mammography has been used in developed countries with considerable success but very little is known about this imaging modality in low resource settings. This study examined the level of awareness of mammography and determined factors influencing the level of awareness.

Methods: We conducted a hospital based cross sectional study to investigate the level of awareness of mammography among 818 randomly selected women attending the General Outpatient clinics (GOP) of the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, Nigeria.

Testicular tuberculosis presenting with metastatic intracranial tuberculomas only: a case report.

Introduction: Intracranial tuberculomas are a rare complication of tuberculosis occurring through hematogenous spread from an extracranial source, most often of pulmonary origin. Testicular tuberculosis with only intracranial spread is an even rarer finding and to the best of our knowledge, has not been reported in the literature. Clinical suspicion or recognition and prompt diagnosis are important because early treatment can prevent patient deterioration and lead to clinical improvement.