Comparison of ease of induction of spinal anaesthesia in sitting with legs parallel on the table versus traditional sitting position.

Introduction: It is sometimes difficult for some patients to optimally flex their hips and knees making traditional position for induction of spinal anaesthesia difficult to achieve. The ease of induction of spinal anaesthesia was compared with patients in sitting position with legs remaining on the table (new sitting method) versus legs placed on the side stool (traditional sitting method).

Methods: One hundred eligible elderly patients, aged between 65 and 80 years, scheduled for open prostactectomy, were prospectively randomized to 2 groups, LS and LT.

Erectile Dysfunction in Men with and without Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms in Nigeria.

Purpose: Much attention has been focused in recent decades on the effects of erectile dysfunction (ED) secondary to lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS), potentially underestimating its effects in men without LUTS. This study aimed to compare the prevalence and predictors of ED in men with and without LUTS.

Materials And Methods: The International Index of Erectile Function questionnaire was administered to 303 patients between January 2014 and June 2016.

Repair of groin hernia under local anaesthesia in secondary health facility.

Background: Repair of groin hernias is the most commonly performed elective procedure by general surgeons worldwide. The techniques of anaesthesia differ among surgeons and vary from one health facility to another. General anaesthesia is much favoured in spite of the lack of anaesthetists in our setting.

Severity of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms among Middle Aged and Elderly Nigerian Men: Impact on Quality of Life.

Objectives. To compare the severity of LUTS among middle aged and elderly Nigerian men and determine the influence of LUTS severity on QoL. Methods.

Metabolic Syndrome and Framingham Risk Score: Observation from Screening of Low-Income Semi-Urban African Women.

The heightened cardiovascular risk associated with metabolic syndrome (MetS) has been documented by several researchers. The Framingham risk score (FRS) provides a simple and efficient method for identifying individuals at cardiovascular risk. The objective was to describe the prevalence of MetS and its association with FRS in predicting cardiovascular disease among a cohort of semi-urban women; Clinical and laboratory parameters were evaluated among 189 healthy women.

Comparative hemodynamic advantages of subarachnoid administration of atypical and non-atypical opioids.

Background: Subarachnoid administration of opioids such as pethidine and fentanyl had been proven safe but that oftramadol has been controversial. Tramadol is cheap and readily available, hence the need to further evaluate its intrathecal safety.

Purpose: The study aimed at determining the hemodynamic and side effect profile of intrathecal tramadol.