OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study is to review the outcome of repair of vesicovaginal fistula in which only the bladder wall defects were repaired leaving the vaginal wall defects unrepaired. METHOD: A review of the outcome of 87 bladder-only repair of vesicovaginal fistulas done at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, and Aghaeze Hospital, Enugu, Nigeria, in a 12-year period from 1st Ja...

INTRODUCTION Pediatric ocular trauma is a significant worldwide problem of public health importance being a leading cause of non-congenital unilateral blindness. This study evaluated the proportion, type and causes of ocular injuries among children in a rural hospital of Nigeria. METHODS Children (<16 years) presenting with ocular trauma at the Eye clinic of the Presbyterian Joint Hospital, O...

Traditional healers in Nigeria continue to perform uvulectomy for all throat problems despite the severe complications they present to physicians. It is a hospital-based prospective study done at the outpatient unit of the Department of Otolaryngology, Jos University Teaching Hospital, Jos, Nigeria to determine the prevalence of traditional uvulectomy, highlighting the dangers it portends with ...

BACKGROUND Recent studies have shown a decrease in the incidence of herpes zoster (HZ) among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients since the combined antiretroviral therapy (cART) era, but more data are needed on a possible increase in the risk early after cART initiation. METHODS We studied HZ incidence and risk factors among patients followed in the French Hospital Database o...

Ergonomics literature has often identified concerns about the difficulty of gaining support for ergonomics interventions. There appears to be a shift from the view that ergonomics issues can be made to be simple, towards a wider appreciation of the complexity of ergonomics problems in the real world. A framework from knowledge management--the Cynefin Framework--is recommended as providing a way...

Simian, and Sydney creases are anomalous palmar crease that had generated medical attention as their presence correlate strongly with several human chromosomal abnormalities and diseases. Works on these creases have been done on several human populations; racial and ethnic, but no specific documented study had singled out the Ijaws of SouthSouth Nigeria in respect to these palmar creases aberra...

objective: this research aims to investigate the correlation between ergonomics conditions and job burnout among librarians in the university of isfahan. methodology: the research method is descriptive correlation study. the research data was collected by maslash burnout inventory for determining job burnout among librarians and checklist of standards and principles of ergonomics for evaluation...

F K Salawu and A Danburam,,Federal Medical Centre, Yola, Adamawa State, Nigeria; O O Desalu and A B Olokoba, University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin, Kwara State. Nigeria; and K Midala, State Specialist Hospital, Maiduguri. Borno State. Nigeria. Correspondence to: Dr Fatai Salawu, Department of Medicine, Federal Medical Centre, Yola 640001, Adamawa State, Nigeria. Email: dr_abdulsalawu@y...

BACKGROUND Stroke is a common neurological disorder and is the third leading cause of death and a major cause of long-term disability. The disease is expected to increase in low- and middle-income countries like Nigeria. There is no information on stroke in rural Nigeria. OBJECTIVES To review the clinical patterns, risk-factors, and outcome of stroke in a tertiary hospital in rural Nigeria an...

a brief overview of the historical development of ergonomics in organizational design and management (odam) is presented. as a component of technology or ergonomics, macro ergonomics are described as a systematic. scientifically based means of optimizing work system  design. macro ergonomics  might  be reoffered  to  as: organization - environment - human - machine interface technology. involve...