ArticleThe Pan African medical journal2013
Gastrointestinal endoscopy in Nigeria--a prospective two year audit.
Article in The Pan African medical journal, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02735655 (The Global Status and the Unmet Needs for Training in Endoscopy; a World Endoscopy Organization Web Based Survey), which is not on this map. Cited by 18 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The Global Status and the Unmet Needs for Training in Endoscopy; a World Endoscopy Organization Web Based Survey
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18 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 32 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Feasibility and performance of the fecal immunochemical test (FIT) for average-risk colorectal cancer screening in Nigeria.PloS one · 2021Article
- Patterns of Early-Onset Colorectal Cancer Among Nigerians and African Americans.JCO global oncology · 2020Article
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- A seven-year retrospective review of colonoscopy records from a single centre in Zambia.Malawi medical journal : the journal of Medical Association of Malawi · 2018Article
- [Upper gastrointestinal (UGI) endoscopy in Louga (Senegal): patients' profile and difficulties encountered].The Pan African medical journal · 2017Article
- Clinicopathologic review of polyps biopsied at colonoscopy in Lagos, Nigeria.The Pan African medical journal · 2016Article
- Upper gastrointestinal diseases in patients for endoscopy in South-Western Uganda.African health sciences · 2015Article
- [Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy in 2795 patients at the university campus hospital of Lomé: peculiarities according to sex].The Pan African medical journal · 2014Article
- The Cost of Setting Up an ENT Endoscopic Practice in Lower Middle-Income Countries of Sub-Saharan Africa.Journal of the West African College of SurgeonsReview
- Diverticular disease at colonoscopy in Lagos State, Nigeria.Nigerian medical journal : journal of the Nigeria Medical AssociationArticle
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Abstract
introductionGastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy is currently performed by different specialties. Information on GI endoscopy resources in Nigeria is limited. Training, cost, availability and maintenance of equipment are some unique challenges. Despite these challenges, the quality and completion rates are important.
methodsProspective audit of endoscopic procedures by an endoscopist in a Nigerian hospital over a 24 month period.
resultsOne hundred and ninety endoscopic procedures were performed in 187 patients (109 male, 78 female) by a surgeon during this period. Mean age was 47.6 years (range 17 - 90 years). All patients were symptomatic. One hundred and twenty-two procedures (64.2%) were upper GI endoscopy, 52 (27.4%) colonoscopy and 16 (8.4%) sigmoidoscopy. Majority of endoscopies 182 (95.8%) were performed electively and only 7 (3.7%) were therapeutic. Upper GI endoscopy findings included 14 (11.5%) cases of peptic ulcer disease, 5 complicated by gastric outlet obstruction, and 21 (17.3%) cases of upper gastrointestinal cancer. Lower gastrointestinal endoscopy findings included 7 cases of polyps, 3 cases of colorectal cancer and 2 cases of diverticulosis. Commonest lesion on lower GI endoscopy was haemorrhoids (41.7%). Adjusted caecal intubation was 81.4% for colonoscopies performed. Overall adenoma detection rate for male and female patients were 18.2% and 5.3% respectively; in patients over 50 years these were 6.3% and 14.3%. Two complications, rupture of oesophageal varices, and respiratory arrest in bulbar palsy patient occurred.
conclusionAn endoscopist can perform GI endoscopy effectively in developing countries like Nigeria but attention to equipment need and training is important.
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