Vol. 41 No. 4 (2024): The West African Journal of Medicine

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The West African Journal of Medicine, ISSN 0189-160X is published by the West African College of Physicians and the West African College of Surgeons. The Journal accepts articles in English and French. WAJM is indexed/abstracted in EMBASE, Excerpta Medica, Medline/ Index Medicus, African Journals Online (AJOL) and African Index Medicus amongst.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.55891/wajm.v41i4

URN: http://nbn-wajmed.com/urn:wajm:ngwajm.v41i43

Published: 2024-04-30

Editorials

EDITORIAL: Enhancing Health Services Delivery and Patient Satisfaction through Improved Access and Quality of Care West Afr J Med April 2024; 41(4): 357-358 PMID: 39002151

G. E. Erhabor

357-358

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EDITORIAL: Transforming Neurological Health Outcomes in West Africa: A Focus on Epilepsy and Stroke West Afr J Med April 2024; 41(4): 358-361 PMID: 39002152

A. Morawo

358-361

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Articles

ORIGINAL: Onychomycosis in Diabetics: Prevalence, Clinical Features and Spectrum of Causative Fungi in South-Eastern Nigeria West Afr J Med April 2024; 41(4):363-371 PMID: 39002161

C. N. Anyanechi, U. R. Ojinmah, C. C. Anyanechi, T. O. Nnaji, G. A. Ozoh

363-371

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ORIGINAL: Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials in Uses of Nigella Sativa (Black Seed) in Metabolic Syndrome West Afr J Med April 2024; 41(4):372-380 PMID: 39002164

S. Elhariri, I. Burud, N. A. Zulaimy, J. A. Tong, I. Ahmed, S. C. Kar Chun, P. Kumaran

372-380

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ORIGINAL: Practice of Mammography in a Private Nigerian Cancer Foundation: Our Experience West Afr J Med April 2024; 41(4):381-386 PMID: 39002165

U. D. Itanyi, Z. Bagudu, N. Iloanusi, W. O. Kaalu

381-386

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ORIGINAL: Childhood Trauma and its Relationship with Anxiety, Depression, and Suicidal Ideation among a Community Sample in Ilisan-Remo, Southwestern Nigeria: A Cross-Sectional Study West Afr J Med April 2024; 41(4):387-396 PMID: 39002169

O. A. Fasesan, A. C. Jemilohun, K. O. Akande, O. O. Adeleye, C. J. Elikwu, T. O. Ajiro

387-396

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ORIGINAL: Has Treatment Seeking Behaviour Changed in People Living with Epilepsy? Experience of People Living with Epilepsy Attending Adult Neurology Clinics in Enugu West Afr J Med April 2024; 41(4):397-405 PMID: 39002170

B. A. Ezeala-Adikaibe, J. U. Achor, P. O. Nwani, F. C. Ekochin, C. N. Mbadiwe, M. U. Nwobodo, C. C. Okwara, C. P. Okoli, E. O. Nwazor, O. B. Anyim, C. Orjioke, C. Orah-Okpala, I. B. Nndionuka, C. Okereke, G. O. Eneh, P. N. Onodugo, M. S. Ezeme, O. D. Onodugo, T. H. Ikenwugwu, M. C. Abonyi, G. E. Anigbo

397-405

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ORIGINAL: Rh Blood Group Antigens and Alloimmunization Risk of Pregnant Women in South Western, Nigeria West Afr J Med April 2024; 41(4): 406-413 PMID: 39003512

F. A. Fasola, H. Y. Oladokun, O. O. Adesina, O. O. Fasola

406-413

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ORIGINAL: Traumatic Penile Injury: An Analysis of the Patient Age with Aetiological Type and Injury Severity in a Single Centre West Afr J Med April 2024; 41(4): 414-420 PMID: 39003513

M. A. Tolani, M. Awaisu, O. Nasir, P. Eneh, H. Y. Maitama, R. Webber, L. Buckley

414-420

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ORIGINAL: Monopolar Transurethral Resection of the Prostate by a Single Surgeon in North-Central Nigeria: Surgical Results and Postoperative Complications West Afr J Med April 2024; 41(4):421-428 PMID: 39003514

T. Atim, K. O. Obiatuegwu

421-428

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ORIGINAL: The Prevalence and Pattern of Admission Mortality among Acute Stroke Patients Managed at a Tertiary Hospital in Abakaliki, Nigeria: A Retrospective Study West Afr J Med April 2024; 41(4): 429-435 PMID: 39003515

C. O. Eze, A. F. Onyebuchi

429-435

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ORIGINAL: Unmet Surgical Need among Adults in A Mixed Urban-Rural Community in Nigeria: A Survey of 1,993 Adults Using the Sosas Survey Tool West Afr J Med April 2024; 41(4): 436-451 PMID: 39003518

O. B. Bankole, A. Makanjuola, E. O. Alabi, T. O. Odugbemi, O. Abazie, I. Y. Ademuyiwa, B. Okusanya, A. Onwuka, E. R. Smith, T. Tran, S. Gupta, R. Ots, E. M. Harrison, D. Poenaru, O. A. Elebute, J. O. Seyi-Olajide, O. Ladipo-Ajayi, F. M. Alakaloko, C. O. Bode, B. N. Nwomeh, A. O. Ademuyiwa

436-451

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ORIGINAL: The Perspectives of Lagos Healthcare Leaders on Faith-Institution Involvement in Hypertension Health West Afr J Med April 2024; 41(4): 452-468 PMID: 39003766

A. Sanusi, S. Golder, H. Elsey, O. Todowede

452-468

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ORIGINAL: Prevalence of Extra-pulmonary Tuberculosis among Patients Diagnosed with Tuberculosis in a Tertiary Hospital in Bauchi, Northeastern Nigeria - A Five-Year Review West Afr J Med April 2024; 41(4): 469-474 PMID: 39003768

S. A. Gwalabe, J. A. Dunga, Y. A. Misau, I. M. Maigari, A. Adamu

469-474

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ORIGINAL: Patient Satisfaction with Care and Its Predictors in a Secondary Hospital in Kaduna State, North-western Nigeria West Afr J Med April 2024; 41(4): 475-480 PMID: 39003770

N. N. Butawa, O. F. Ajuonuma, O. M. Suleman, V. N. Omole, A. G. Sule, S. N. Shagaya, J. Sunday

475-480

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Case Report

CASE REPORT: Multiple Trichoepitheliomas: A Disfiguring Lesion Successfully Treated with Excision and Skin Grafting West Afr J Med April 2024; 41(4): 481-484 PMID: 39003773

A. I. Michael, C. P. Isamah, S. A. Ademola

481-484

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CASE REPORT: Leaking Ectopic Pregnancy Following In vitro Fertilization with Associated Acute Appendicitis West Afr J Med April 2024; 41(4): 485-488 PMID: 39003779

N. J. Nwashilli, P. Okonta, B. Faleyimu

485-488

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