168 research outputs found
A Visionary of the Lagos Muslim Community: Mustapha Adamu Animashaun, 1885-1968
No full textThe development process of a society can be understood through the study of lives of its inhabitants either as individuals or groups. In this connection, Nigerian historians have produced considerable amount of works on the country\'s local and national leaders. Such works have continued to enhance our knowledge of their roles in, and relevance to the country. While such biographies cut across religio-cultural boundaries, it seems clear that biographies on Muslim personalities, most especially at the local level, deserve more attention. This is why this study is on Mustapha Adamu Animashaun, who influenced the lives of Muslims and non-Muslims alike in Lagos during the first half of the twentieth century. In this study, the birth and educational background of Adamu Animashaun are examined. His life as a publisher, editor and author also receives attention. Furthermore, Adamu Animashaun\'s participation in the crisis of the Muslim Community of the Lagos Central Mosque between 1915 and 1947 is analysed. In addition, the study pays attention to his involvement in the formation of a Muslim political party in Lagos in the 1950s. The study concludes that despite the servile antecedents of Adamu Animashaun, he moved across the social ladder to become a leading personality in Lagos society – a feat achieved through sustained struggle, determination and support of those who shared the same aspiration with him. Lagos Historical Review, vol. 5 (2005), 22-4
Accidental Superior Vena Cava Access to Central Venous System Lately Disclosed by Thoracotomy
No full textWe report the case of a 51-year-old woman who underwent hemicolectomy for colon cancer and subsequent hepatic metastasectomy for liver metastases. Right percutaneous infraclavicular subclavian venous port catheterization was performed during the initial operation for chemotherapy. She received chemotherapy after each operation with no reported complications. During a right thoracotomy for lung metastases 2 years after the catheter placement, we noticed the catheter perforating the right subclavian vein and directly entering the superior vena cava. To prevent hemorrhaging during catheter removal, we initially performed the lung metastasectomy, after which we decided to intrathoracically remove the catheter. No complication was observed. To the best of our knowledge, this case is the first of its kind to be reported in the published literature
Left-sided thoracoscopy in the prone position for surgery of distal esophageal benign pathologies
No full textExposure of the distal esophagus can be achieved by a wide variety of surgical approaches. The standard procedure is mostly by laparoscopy. In cases where laparoscopy is relatively contraindicated, thoracoscopy is preferred. In this case, exposure of the distal esophagus from the aorta, heart and lung is technically challenging using thoracoscopy in the right lateral decubitus position. Surgery in the prone position for esophageal cancer has been successfully described in previous literature. We present our experience with left-sided thoracoscopy in the prone position in three patients with benign distal esophageal pathologies. This approach provided a much better exposure of the distal esophagus and enabled a successful surgery to be done in all patients with less manipulation of the lung
Rev. William B. McClain, Dr. Cole, Alhaji Hassan Adamu, and Dr. Calvert Smith at Convocation, circa 1985
No full textRev. William B. McClain, Dr. Cole, Alhaji Hassan Adamu, and Dr. Calvert Smith pose at convocation.The Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library acknowledges the generous support of the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) in supporting the processing and digitization of a number of historic collections as part of the project: Our Story: Digitizing Publications and Photographs of the Historically Black Atlanta University Center Institutions.</em
An Ecological (Re)presentation of Depravity and Environmental Depletion in Adamu Kyuka’s The Death of Eternity
No full textThe notion that the environment has always served as a thematic and aesthetic base for the production of texts in the literary enterprise, globally is inarguable. In attestation, of the afore claim, this paper draws cogent data from Adamu Kyuka’s The Death of Eternity to closely examine the natural world and the environment as underscoring the relationship between man and his environment. The paper is exponential in its portrayal of man’s symphonic interaction with the environment as a blessing or a curse. Going forward, this paper builds a composite philosophy around the intersection between literature and environment. Where it argues that Nigerian literature has become more conscious of issues arising from resource control, as it especially relates to the devastating effect it melts on the environment. In concretizing these arguments, the paper deploys Ecocriticism as its analytical/investigative mechanism to explore the selected text as a fair representation of the environmental degradation Nigeria suffers at large. Seemingly, the choice of Ecocriticism as the investigative tool identifies the selected author as keenly aware of the devastating effect of industrial pollution as portrayed in the text under study as an expression of the commitment of the course of environmental preservation. The paper therefore finds that, Kyuka’s The Death of Eternity is critical in its examination of the social injustices, greed, corruption, political crisis and economic setbacks as social ills which are inspired by the scramble for natural resources
Preoperative Chemoradiation Therapy Decreases the Number of Lymph Nodes Resected During Esophagectomy
No full textBackground This study aimed to analyze the effect of preoperative chemoradiation on the adequacy of lymph node dissection. Methods Patients with esophageal cancer treated with esophagectomy by the same surgeon between 2004 and 2011 were reviewed. Specimens were examined by the same pathologist. Patients were grouped into two depending on the type of treatment received. Results Forty-seven patients with curative esophagectomy were included in the study. Twenty patients had preoperative chemoradiation followed by surgery and 27 had surgery alone. Open and hybrid esophagectomy approaches were used. The average number of lymph nodes dissected was 16 +/- 10 (1-39). There was a significant decrease in the number of lymph nodes examined in patients with preoperative chemoradiotherapy in comparison to surgery alone (p = 0.001). Median length of stay was 12 days. R0 resection rate was 96 %. The median survival was 36.3 months, with a 42 % 5-year survival. Seven patients (25 %) had complete pathologic response following chemoradiation. No significant difference was recorded in terms of disease recurrence (p = 0.3). While morbidity was higher in the preoperative therapy group with 30 day mortality of 10 %, type of surgical approach does not seem to influence the number of lymph nodes dissected (p = 0.7). Conclusions Preoperative chemoradiation decreases the number of harvested lymph nodes following esophagectomy regardless of the surgical technique used. The optimum number of lymph nodes currently recommended to be dissected for accurate nodal staging and survival needs revision in this group of patients
Two Unusual Cases of Adult Onset Congenital Bronchoesophageal Fistulas Treated With Fistula Division
No full textAdult onset congenital bronchoesophageal fistula is a very rare entity. We report 2 cases of adult onset type II congenital bronchoesophageal fistula between the distal thoracic esophagus and the lower lobe superior segmental bronchi surgically treated through a right and left thoracotomy, respectively. In both cases the fistula was transected and sutured with no parenchyma resection. Both patients had an uneventful recovery. Resection of the underlying parenchyma during surgery for bronchoesophageal fistula is not always necessary as the lung can heal in time after performing just fistulectomy. (C) 2014 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeon
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