The Traditionally Amputated Uvula amongst Nigerians: Still an Ongoing Practice

The Traditionally Amputated Uvula amongst Nigerians: Still an Ongoing Practice

Traditional healers in Nigeria continue to perform uvulectomy for all throat problems despite the severe complications they present to physicians. It is a hospital-based prospective study done at the outpatient unit of the Department of Otolaryngology, Jos University Teaching Hospital, Jos, Nigeria to determine the prevalence of traditional uvulectomy, highlighting the dangers it portends with ...

Still an abhorrent practice?

Inflammatory bowel disease in Nigerians: still a rare diagnosis?

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) has been thought to have a low incidence among subSaharan Africans mainly because of the sporadic cases reported from the continent in comparison with the larger numbers reported from North America and Western European countries. Is this difference based on real demographic susceptibilities or a reflection of lower level of healthcare delivery? Three cases of ul...

an investigation of the impact of self monitoring on langauge teachers motivational practice and its effect on learners motivation

the central purpose of this study was to conduct a case study about the role of self monitoring in teacher’s use of motivational strategies. furthermore it focused on how these strategies affected students’ motivational behavior. although many studies have been done to investigate teachers’ motivational strategies use (cheng & d?rnyei, 2007; d?rnyei & csizer, 1998; green, 2001, guilloteaux & d?...

Successful macrosurgical reimplantation of an amputated penis.

Received January 2009 Accepted March 2009 INTRODUCTION Self-mutilations of the external genitals in psychiatric patients is also known as Klingsor syndrome. (1) These patients show a high tendency to repeating self-aggressive actions, especially when their medical therapy is discontinued.(2,3) In 1929, Ehrlich reported the first successful penile reimplantation of an amputated penis.(4) Althoug...