Testicular Prostheses: Development and Modern Usage

Indigenous substitutes for modern prostheses and orthoses.

In most developing countries, the physically handicapped often have rehabilitation setbacks such as unavailability of modern rehabilitative aids which may result in non-achievement of the desired goals in activities of daily living. Children with poliomyelitis, hemiplegics, amputees and paraplegics top the list of patients requiring rehabilitation at University College Hospital, Ibadan. The amp...

Testicular prostheses in patients with testicular cancer - acceptance rate and patients ́ satisfaction

Testicular prostheses in patients with testicular cancer - acceptance rate and patient satisfaction

BACKGROUND The loss of a testicle to cancer involves much emotional impact to young males. Little is known about the number of patients with testicular germ cell tumour (GCT) who would accept a testicular prosthesis. Also, knowledge about the satisfaction of implant recipients with the device is limited. METHODS A retrospective chart analysis was performed on 475 consecutive GCT patients. Pri...

Modern management of antimalarial usage and retinopathy

Over the past few years, a number of studies have provided new information about the proper dosage, relative risk, fundus distribution, and screening guidelines for the use of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) and chloroquine (CQ). These are excellent drugs for systemic lupus erythematosis (SLE) and rheumatoid diseases, but excessive and prolonged intake can cause irreversible retinopathy. However, the ...

Modern Economic Theory and Development

The past 50 years have seen marked changes in our understanding of development. We know that development is possible, but not inevitable. We have had a wealth of experiments. There are clearly no surefire formulas for success; if there were, there would be more successes. Some strategies seem to work for a while and then stall; some strategies seem to work in some countries and not in others.1 ...