Iatrogenic urological injuries complicating obstetric and gynaecological procedures.

Introduction: Urinary tract injuries are known complications of pelvic surgeries. Although a few instances have been noted, they remain a source of great concern to surgeons due to their associated morbidity and occasional mortality. We report our experience with the management of iatrogenic urological injuries that complicated obstetric and gynaecological surgeries over a five-year period.

The association of plasma fatty acids with prostate cancer risk in African Americans and Africans.

Higher risk for prostate cancer (PCa) among African Americans is partly associated with exposure to dietary fatty-acids, the carcinogenic effects of which remain controversial. Odds ratio of PCa risk was determined by unconditional logistic regression comparing highest with lowest quartiles of plasma fatty-acids in a case-control design. Mean age for 173 African Americans and 340 Nigerians was 56.

The association of plasma fatty acids with prostate cancer risk in Nigerians.

Purpose: To investigate the role of fatty acids (FAs) in prostate cancer (PCa) risk in Nigeria, a country in transition to westernized diet high in animal fats, and currently experiencing rising rates of prostate cancer.

Methods: Men > or =40 years were recruited from surgery/urology clinics, University of Benin Teaching Hospital and from 2 rural and 2 urban communities. Personal information, urological symptom history and anthropometrics were recorded, digital rectal examination performed, and 30 mLs of fasting blood collected for prostatic specific antigen and fatty acid (FA) analysis.

Genito-urinary reconstruction in southern Nigeria.

Background: Urologic cases constitute about 25% of a busy surgical practice in Nigeria with up to 50% of these cases being genito-urinary abnormalities in adults and children. As most urologic surgery in Nigeria is done by general surgeons, a knowledge of the disease pattern and effective techniques in management would be helpful in surgical training.

Objective: To describe the disease pattern and surgical outcomes in patients undergoing genito-urinary reconstruction in southern Nigeria

Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of patients who underwent genito-urinary reconstructive procedures by two urologists and one paediatric surgeon over a 7-year (1991-1998) period at two tertiary referral centres in southern Nigeria.