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T F Solanke

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Anal fistula: a review of 82 cases.

Eighty-two cases of anal fistula have been retrospectively reviewed, and their clinical presentations, pathology, and management presented. Most of the fistulas were primary and, except for the four cases due to tuberculosis, there does not seem to have been any underlying systemic or gastrointestinal causative factor. A preoperative fistulogram is essential in the management of this condition.

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Changing clinicopathological profile of intussusception in Nigeria--a 20-year review.

BACKGROUND/AIMS: Intussuception was a common cause of intestinal obstruction at the University College Hospital, Ibadan. A peculiar type characterized by being ceco-colic, and found most commonly in adults, was the commonest variety found, but over the last few years this type of intussusception appears to have reduced in incidence. The aim of the study is to define the relative incidence of intussusception and the contribution of the various types of the overall incidence as seen at the University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria. METHODOLOGY: Review of case notes and the surgical pathology records of all cases of Intussusception seen at the University College Hospital, Ibadan between 1975 and 1994 was done. RESULTS: There was a 48.1% decline in the absolute number of cases seen during the period of the study, and this decline was more among adult cases than infantile intussusception. The mean age of presentation of infantile intussusception was 8 months, while it was 42 years for adults. The classical triad of vomiting, pain and bloody stool was seen in only 15% of cases. Morbidity and mortality rates were high at 18 and 8.5% respectively and this was related to delayed presentation. CONCLUSIONS: The incidence of intussusception has fallen in the community studied and this decline has affected the adult age group and the ceco-colic type of intussusception more. Late presentation is a feature of most cases and is related to the high mortality and morbidity rates seen.

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Helicobacter pylori infection in South Nigerians: a serological study of dyspeptic patients and healthy individuals.

Helicobacter pylori has now been well recognised to play a significant role in the pathogenesis of gastroduodenal disease. So far serology has been the most useful technique for rapid access to accurate information about H. pylori status of dyspeptic patients. This study reports on the seroprevalence of Hpylori infection in both dyspeptic and healthy adult Nigerian subjects in a community located in the South Western part of Nigeria. Two groups of subjects were studied, consisting of 25 adult Nigerian patients with dyspepsia who presented at the Gastroenterology Clinic, and 25 healthy adult Nigerian volunteers. Serum samples were prepared from five milliliters of blood collected from each of the subjects. The quantity of IgG antibodies to Hpylori was determined in each of these 50 samples, using the immunocomb II. Helicobacter pylori IgG kit, with each test result being validated by an internal controL Twenty-two (88%) of the 25 dyspeptic patients and 20 (80%) of the normal individuals were seropositive for IgG antibody to H. pylori. The difference in infection rate between both sexes was not statistically significant These results indicate a high rate of Hpylori infection in this locality as reported in previous serological studies in this country and some other developing countries. The similarly high seroprevalence of H. pylori infection in both our healthy individuals and dyspeptic patients also supports the assertion, earlier made in the literature, that H. pylori exerts its influence in concert with other environmental factors as well as social and genetic factors.

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