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...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2017/25568
The calcifying epithelial odontogenic tumor (CEOT) is a benign tumor, accounting for 0.4-3% of all odontogenic tumors. It mostly occurs in the 4th to 6th decades of life with equal propensity for both the genders. In about 52% of cases, the tumor is found in association with an u...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2017/29406
Aims: To analyze the ultrastructure of internal interstitial amacrine cell, dislocated amacrine cell, ganglion cells, oligodendroglia, Müller cells, inner plexiform layer, adrenergic terminals, as well as the connections found between the cells and the cytochemistry of glycogen d...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2017/31018
Background: Neurorehabilitation remains one of the main methods of treatment in the management of stroke survivors and its early commencement reduces morbidity and improves function. This study assessed motor function recovery after sub-acute stroke rehabilitation and determines...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2017/31224
im: This paper intends to highlight and review the traits of the person-centred clinical supervision model. This model is different to ‘mentoring’ supervision models. Specifically, the person-centred model has a minimal degree of directivity when compared to educative, teaching a...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2017/29507
Transposition of great arteries (TGA) is combination of concordant atrioventricular and discordant ventriculo-arterial connections and is divided into dextro-looped (d-TGA) and levo-looped (l-TGA) based on whether the atria and ventricles are concordant or discordant, respectivel...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2017/30290
The effectiveness of treatment by means of electro-stimulation in patients with an increase of spasticity in the affected hemibody after a stroke has been presented in several studies, bringing about the need for conducting researches that seek the most effective electro-therapeu...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2017/30644
Background: Malaria poses a major public health problem in sub-Saharan Africa. In Ghana, millions of people are potentially at risk of Plasmodium falciparum infections annually. The current study evaluated the performance of two Histidine rich protein 2 (HRP-2) rapid diagnostic t...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2017/30892
Aim: Since aesthetics has become an important issue in dental treatment, it seems important to have a good communication between a patient and the dentist to understand the patient's concept regarding the dental aesthetics and to achieve the most desired dental treatment. So, the...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2017/30455
Aims: To explore how medical students acquired and developed competence in selected clinical practical procedures. Study Design: Cross sectional qualitative study. Methodology: Seventeen (17) students from a class of 60 final year University of Zambia Medical students of the 2012...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2017/31279
Aims: Responding to the steadily increasing number of unusual subtrochanteric and mid-shaft femoral (ST/FS) fractures in persons treated with the bisphosphonate drugs since the index cases were described in 2003, the American Society of Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR) convened...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2017/31269
Aims: The present study sought to determine the pattern of antibiotic resistance of pathogens in Ventilator–Associated Pneumonia (VAP) and to investigate risk factors of multi-drug resistant (MDR) in ICUs of tertiary referral hospitals. Study Design: Cross sectional study. Place...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2017/30487
Background: The introduction of assisted reproductive technology (ART) has played a major role in reducing the burden of infertility among couples. Although most pregnancies following assisted conception will progress normally without any increased risk to the mother or baby, stu...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2017/30044
Introduction: Female genital cutting (FGC) or circumcision is one of the age-long cultural practices in many African countries including Nigeria. Objective: The objective of this study was to assess the beliefs of pregnant women attending the ante-natal clinic of a mission hospit...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2017/30645
Aim: To assess the skills (ability to perform an examination of the eye) and knowledge (ability to diagnose the eye diseases) of students after completing their posting using a structured questionnaire, which indicates the effectiveness of undergraduate ophthalmology training. Me...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2017/30941