Obstetrics and Gynaecology- Conference Papers
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Non-Fistulous Complications of Prolonged Obstructed Labour among Obstetric Fistula Patients in Southern Nigeria
(2019)Background: Long-term complications of prolonged obstructed labour are multisystemic, obstetric fistula about the most devastating. Efforts at controlling obstetric fistula pay little attention to the non-fistulous injuries ... -
Medical cannabis for the reduction of opioid dosage in the treatment of non-cancer chronic pain: a systematic review
(2020)Background: Medical cannabis (MC) is currently being used as an adjunct to opiates given its analgesic effects and potential to reduce opiate addiction. This review assessed if MC used in combination with opioids to treat ... -
The COVID‐19 pandemic: Stay Home policy and exposure to risks of infection among Nigerians
(2021)The global threat which continues to accompany SARS-CoV-2 has led to a global response which adopts lockdown and stays home policy as means of curtailing its spread. This study investigates compliance with the Stay Home ... -
Successful pregnancy in a unicornuate uterus
(2018)Uterine anomalies are generally rare and are usually asymptomatic. When present, these anomalies are implicated incomplications such as recurrent miscarriages, preterm labor, malpresentation, intrauterine growth restriction, ... -
Effects of training on the knowledge and use of the partogram for low risk pregnancies among health workers in a tertiary hospital in Lagos state, Nigeria. Journal of Community Medicine and Primary Health Care. 2019; 30 (2), 47-54
(2019)Background: Partogram use is important for early recognition of deviations in labour. This study assessed the effect of training on the knowledge and use of the partogram in low-risk pregnancy (LRP). Methods: This is an ... -
Okusanya BO, Akinsola OJ. Assessment of complication-readiness at two secondary health facilities in Lagos, Nigeria
(2016)Background: Data suggests more pregnancy complications occur at secondary than at tertiary health facilities in Nigeria. This study assessed women’s and facility complication readiness at two secondary health facilities ... -
Peripartum hysterectomy in a Nigerian university hospital: An assessment of severe maternal outcomes with the maternal severity index model
(2016)Background: Peripartum hysterectomy is life-saving and a life-threatening criterion of the World Health Organization (WHO) maternal near-miss concept. The maternal severity index (MSI) model was developed to assess the ... -
Circulating levels of plasma lipids and cardiovascular risk in Nigerian women with severe preeclampsia
(2016)Background and Objectives: Preeclampsia has been associated with disorders of lipid metabolism. In the general population, dyslipidemia has been identified as a cause of endothelial damage and cardiovascular disease. Few ... -
The woman with HIV in pregnancy. Practice cases in Tropical Obstetrics and Gynaecology
(2016)This book chapter presents the management of HIV infection in pregnancy and ends with case scenarios that the students should discuss -
Clinico-epidemiological correlates of Hepatitis B infection in suburban population of pregnant women in Niger Delta region of Nigeria
(2013)Background: Most paediatric Hepatitis B vrus Infectionsoccur by vertical transmission from mothers who, often times, are asymptomatic. Objectives: To determine the prevalence and clinicoepidemiological correlates of ... -
Enhanced urinalysis in the detection of asymptomatic bacteriuria in pregnancy
(2013)Background: Detection and treatment of asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB) in pregnancy is important to avert the attendant maternal and fetal morbidity. Other than urine culture, no other screening test is unequivocal. Objective: ... -
The efficacy of 10gram intramuscular loading dose of Magnesium Sulphate in severe preeclampsia/ eclampsia at a tertiary referral centre in Northwest Nigeria
(2012)Aims and objectives The efficacy of 10g intramuscular loading dose of magnesium sulphate in women with severe preeclampsia/eclampsia was assessed at a tertiary health centre for potential use at primary health ... -
Comparative study of intradermal smear microscopy in the diagnosis of malaria in symptomatic pregnant women
(2010)Objectives: A comparative study of intradermal smear in the diagnosis of malaria in symptomatic pregnant women. Venous blood served as the control. Patients and methods: Fifty consecutive symptomatic pregnant women ... -
Myomectomy during second trimester pregnancy: a case report
(2010)This case report describes a successful prenatal abdominal myomectomy and an uneventful birth outcome at term -
Vesico-vaginal fistula in a patient with Meyer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser syndrome
(2010)This was a case of Gishiri cut in a patient with Meyer-Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser syndrome resulting in a vesico-vaginal fistula and urethral loss. This followed an attempt to enlarge and lengthen the vagina to enhance penile ... -
Utility of intradermal smear in the detection of asymptomatic malaria parasitaemia in pregnancy
(2009)Objectives: We evaluated the usefulness of intradermal smear microscopy (IDS) in the detection of asymptomatic malaria parasitaemia in pregnancy. Peripheral venous blood (PVB) served as control. The preference for the ... -
Prevalence of surgically correctable conditions among children in a mixed urban-rural community in Nigeria using the SOSAS survey tool: Implications for paediatric surgical capacity-building
(2019)Background In many low- and middle-income countries, data on the prevalence of surgical diseases have been derived primarily from hospital-based studies, which may lead to an underestimation of disease burden within the ... -
Ectopic pregnancy at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Lagos, South-Western Nigeria: Temporal trends, clinical presentation and management outcomes from 2005 to 2014
(2020)Background: There is uncertainty in the trend of ectopic pregnancy incidence in the Southwest region, though the region has a lower fertility rate and a higher contraceptive use than some other regions of Nigeria. The study ... -
Serum melatonin levels in women with infertility: A case–control study in a Nigerian university hospital
(2021)Background: Infertility is a public health issue in Nigeria, an environment of high daily sunlight exposure. This study objective was to assess the serum melatonin levels among infertile women and parous women in Nigeria. ... -
Authors' Reply Re: Clinical Pharmacokinetic Properties of Magnesium Sulphate in Women With Pre-Eclampsia and Eclampsia
(2016)This is an authors' reply to a "Letter to the Editor" on the article titled " Clinical Pharmacokinetic Properties of Magnesium Sulphate in Women With Pre-Eclampsia and Eclampsia: A Systematic Review. BJOG: an international ...
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