A decade ago intestinal obstruction was the commonest cause of general surgical abdominal
emergency admissions in many tropical African countries. Recently, there has been a …

Acute appendicitis was once thought to be rare among rural blacks. It is now known that
appendicitis is relatively common among Africans and in Africa. At the University College …

Duodenal ulcer is common in tropical African countries. In many cases, the patients are first
seen as cases of gastric outlet obstruction because, in this environment, people present at …

A review of 52 unselected cases of benign breast masses operated on at the University College
Hospital Ibadan, showed that fibroadenoma was the most common benign lesion found, …

In a 15-month period, at the University College Hospital, Ibadan, 44 cases of obstructed
hernia were treated by emergency operation. More than 94 percent were inguinal, but femoral …

Objective To determine if a gynecological consultation is needed for patients who are
labeled to have acute appendicitis. Methods A retrospective study carried out in Assir Central …

… Ajao, MB, BS(Lond), FRCS(C), FMCS(Nig), FWACS and Toriola F. Solanke, ChM(Dundee), …
Oluwole G. Ajao, Department of Surgery, University of Ibadan, and University College …

Of 31 patients with post-operative fever studied in Nigeria, 15 had malaria. 7 of these patients
developed fever on the day after surgery, 4 on the 2nd day, 2 on the 3rd day and 2 on the …

Compared with North America and many European countries, inflammatory disease of the
gallbladder is uncommon in tropical African countries. At University College Hospital, Ibadan, …

Amoebic hepatitis and unruptured amoebic liver abscess are generally not regarded as
surgical emergencies. The purpose of this paper is to call attention to the fact that in an area like …