Crash characteristics and pattern of motorcycle related facial bone fractures in a sub-urban Nigerian teaching hospital

Changing pattern of maxillofacial fractures in a sub-urban nigerian teaching hospital.

OBJECTIVES To ascertain the current pattern of facial fractures presenting in the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital (OAUTH) and compare this with two earlier reports from the same institution. PATIENTS AND METHODS All patients presenting with facial bone fractures at the OAUTH between January 1996 and December 2004 were included in the study. Information obtained were patients' dem...

Pattern of facial palsy in a typical Nigerian specialist hospital.

BACKGROUND Data on incidence of facial palsy is generally lacking in Nigeria. OBJECTIVE To assess six years' incidence of facial palsy in Murtala Muhammed Specialist Hospital (MMSH), Kano, Nigeria. METHOD The records of patients diagnosed as facial problems between January 2000 and December 2005 were scrutinized. Data on diagnosis, age, sex, side affected, occupation and causes were obtaine...

Pattern of heart failure in a Nigerian teaching hospital

BACKGROUND Congestive cardiac failure (CCF) has emerged as a major public health problem worldwide and imposes an escalating burden on the health care system. OBJECTIVE To determine the causes and mortality rate of CCF in the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital (UPTH), south Nigeria, over a five-year period from January 2001 to December 2005. METHODS A retrospective study of CCF c...

Helmet use and associated spinal fractures in motorcycle crash victims.

BACKGROUND The effect of helmet use on the incidence of cervical and thoracic fractures sustained in motorcycle crashes remains controversial. METHODS We retrospectively reviewed the incidence of these fractures in helmeted and nonhelmeted crash victims at a single Level I trauma hospital with a well-defined system for evaluating spinal fractures. RESULTS Of 422 motorcycle crash victims tre...

Facial fractures at an urban hospital: a review continued.