Surgical Outcome of Open Radical Prostatectomy in Nigeria: A Five-Years Single-Surgeon Experience.

Background: Organ-confined prostate cancer is curable through surgical treatment by radical prostatectomy.

Aim: To report initial outcomes of open radical prostatectomy in Nigeria from 2014 to 2019.

Methods: Open radical prostatectomy in private hospital settings.

Quest to Improve Management of Prostate Cancer in West Africa: Development of a Clinical Audit Tool.

In 2010 and during the following decade, two guidelines were published for the management of prostate cancer in West Africa. A key recommendation of the guidelines was the need for the development of a Clinical Audit Tool which should help surgeons and institutions to identify the gaps between the recommended standards and current practice. In this paper, a Clinical Audit Tool, WAPCAT, was developed to facilitate and implement the audit process for the management of Prostate cancer in a West African healthcare institution.

Apical peri-prostatic nerve block versus intra-rectal xylocaine gel for trans- rectal ultrasound guided prostate biopsy among Nigerian patients: A prospective randomized study.

Aims: This study compared the analgesic effect of apical peri-prostatic block with that of intra-rectal xylocaine gel for trans-rectal ultrasound guided prostate biopsy (TRUS-PBx) in Nigeria.

Methods: This is a prospective randomized comparative study carried out over one year in University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Edo State, Nigeria. The participants were randomized into two groups; Group A had 10 mls of intra-rectal xylocaine gel instillation while Group B had apical infiltration of 10 mls of 1% xylocaine all before TRUS-PBx.

Update of Guidelines for Management of Prostate Cancer in West Africa 2019: Consensus Working Document.

Background And Objectives: The purpose is to update the consensus statements on management of prostate cancer in West Africa. In 2010, "Prostate Cancer: Guidelines for diagnosis and treatment in West Africa" was first published. Since then, there have been several developments in diagnosis and management of prostate cancer.

Practice, training and safety of laparoscopic surgery in low and middle-income countries.

Surgical management of diseases is recognised as a major unmet need in low and middle-income countries (LMICs). Laparoscopic surgery has been present since the 1980s and offers the benefit of minimising the morbidity and potential mortality associated with laparotomies. Laparotomies are often carried out in LMICs for diagnosis and management, due to lack of radiological investigative and intervention options.