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Prevalence of Silent Gallstones on Ultrasound in a Nigerian Population.
West Afr J Med
July 2023
400-Level Medical Student, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria.
Background: Gallstones detected incidentally during imaging are termed 'silent' or asymptomatic gallstones and they account for 80% of all gallstones. About 1-2% of patients with silent gallstones develop symptoms yearly; however, determining those who will develop symptoms is a major challenge. Ultrasonography is the most sensitive and specific method of detecting gallstones with an accuracy greater than 95%.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPattern of biliary tract carcinoma at the University College Hospital, Ibadan.
Afr J Med Med Sci
December 2015
Background: Biliary tract carcinomas are uncommon but highly fatal malignancies. Most patients in our environment are diagnosed late and are not candidates for curative resection.
Objective: To determine the pattern and risk factors of biliary tract carcinoma in Ibadan.
Mirizzi syndrome: report of a case and the challenge of management in our environment.
Afr J Med Med Sci
March 2013
Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.
Background: Mirizzi Syndrome is a rare complication of cholelithiasis reported to occur in 1% of all patients with gall stones and an incidence of 0.7-1.4% in all cholecystectomies.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFUltrasound prevalence of gallstone disease in diabetic patients at Ibadan, Nigeria.
Niger J Clin Pract
April 2013
Department of Radiology and Medicine, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria.
Background: Gallstones (GS) in the gallbladder (GB) can be responsible for a whole spectrum of disease entities which may lead to a surgical emergency with high mortality. Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a debilitating disease that affects all systems in the body, and literature documents a higher incidence of gallstone disease (GSD) and its complications in diabetics than in the non-diabetic population. Most local studies on the association between GS formation and DM have focused on type 2 diabetics.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPreliminary experience with laparoscopic cholecystectomy in a nigerian teaching hospital.
West Afr J Med
November 2014
Department of Surgery, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria.
Background: Presently many centers have facilities for laparoscopic surgery in Nigeria, but the practice is just evolving in most of these centers. This article presents the preliminary experience of the endoscopic surgery unit (general surgery) at the University College Hospital Ibadan Nigeria. The University College Hospital is the premier Nigerian teaching hospital and is located in the south-western part of the country.
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