E. O. Umobong

Surgery as a Career Choice among Medical Undergraduates in a Developing Country

B. A. Eke, B. A. Ojo, I. C. Elachi, W. T. Yongo, C. Soo, V. I. Ugwu, E. O. Umobong, G. O. Shorun & P. Abayol · Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research · 2017

The distribution of medical manpower among various specialties should be of interest to government, health administrators and medical educators of any nation. The medical specialties chosen by medical undergraduates as their career choice are an important determinant of this. Thi...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJMMR/2017/24829

Subtotal Thyroidectomy for Giant Goiters under Local Anesthesia: Experience with 15 Nigerians

B. A. Eke, B. A. Ojo, W. T. Yongu, C. Ahachi, P. Denen-Akaa, V. I. Ugwu, P. Abayol & E. O. Umobong · Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research · 2017

Thyroid surgery is performed by majority of surgeons using general anaesthesia with endotracheal intubation. In resource poor countries, the paucity of equipment and Anaesthetists limits such procedure needing endotracheal intubation. We describe our experiences with 15 Nigerians...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJMMR/2017/25568

Cystic Partially Differentiated Nephroblastoma, A Hyperfavourable Variant of Nephroblatoma: A Case Report with Review of the Literature

B. A. Ojo, W. T. Yongo, C. T. Soo, I. T. Annongu, R. Vhriterhire, H. Mohammed, E. I. Ogwuche, O. Shorun, I. V. Ugwu, E. O. Umobong, B. Eke, D. J. Omeh, M. O. Ogiator & P. Abayol · Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research · 2017

Cystic partially differentiated nephroblastoma is a rare variant of Wilm’s tumor and it represents the hyperfavourable end of the Wilm’s spectrum affecting young children. We described the first documented case from the northern part of Nigeria. The index patient presented with l...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJMMR/2017/24956