Locking compression plate in distal intra-articular femoral fractures: The swashbuckler's approach
Background: Distal femoral intra-articular fractures present a serious surgical challenge to an orthopedic surgeon. These fractures are usually complex and are difficult to treat, and the ope...
Delay in presentation and challenges of treatment of complicated abdominal wall hernias in rural Southeast Nigeria
Background: Delay in presentation and treatment of abdominal wall hernias is phenomenal in Africa. The three-pronged problem of delayed presentation, multiple comorbidities, and advancing age...
Acute appendicitis at University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Benin city
Background: Acute appendicitis is the most common surgical abdominal emergency worldwide. The diagnosis is mainly clinical and the treatment of choice is appendicectomy. Aim: The aim o...
Emergency intraoperative construction of a suture needle from a hypodermic/injection needle
This article provides surgeons with a simplistic method to convert an injection needle into a suture needle in the operating theater itself. In the following procedure, we take an injection needle a...
Parosteal osteosarcoma of the maxilla: A case report and review of the literature
Sir,
In the latest published issue of the Nigerian Journal of Surgical Sciences, Omoregie et al.[1] described nicely a case of parosteal osteosarcoma (PO) of the maxilla in a Nigerian patient. I as...
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Nigerian Journal of Surgical Sciences, a publication of International College of Surgeons (Nigerian Section), is a peer-reviewed online journal with Semiannual print on demand compilation of issues published. The journal’s full text is available online at http://www.njssjournal.org.
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