Publications by authors named "S B Naaeder"
Background: To determine the prevalence of Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD) and associated risk factors in patients undergoing amputation at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH), Accra, Ghana.
Objectives: A cross- sectional study of all patients undergoing lower extremity amputation at the Department of Surgery, KBTH.
Materials: A coded questionnaire was used to ascertain risk factors for PAD.
Background And Objectives: The presentation of the different histopathologic subtypes of adenocarcinoma of the large bowel vary within the colorectum and appears to impact on treatment. This study evaluated the relationships between the clinical features of adenocarcinoma of the large bowel, the histopathologic subtypes, and treatment.
Methods: Patients with adenocarcinoma of the large bowel presenting to the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital from January 1997 to December 2011 were studied.
Objectives: To evaluate breast cancer in Ghanaian women and to compare these findings with those of previous studies by using histopathologic data.
Methods: A review of all breast cancer specimens from January 2005 through December 2009 in our institution was conducted.
Results: Of 4,109 female breast specimens reviewed, 1,342 (32.
Unlabelled: Goitre in the West African sub-region is caused by iodine deficiency and goitrogens in the diet. Supplementary iodine nutrition on a mass scale was started in Ghana in 1996. In areas where iodine deficiency have been corrected the histological pattern of goitre changes and this influences surgical decision making.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Clinical experience and earlier studies indicate that the number of colorectal cancer cases seen annually in the Accra metropolis is increasing.
Objective: This study was aimed at providing a current update on colorectal cancer in Accra, Ghana.
Methods: A prospective study of confirmed cases of colorectal cancer diagnosed from January 1997- December 2007.