Epidemiology of hand burns among children in Zaria, Northwestern Nigeria

Abubakar, Lawal M; Maina, Daniel J; Adebayo, WO; Ma, Ke; Aliyu, Ibrahim; Abdulkadir, Isa

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“…However, the humanisation of these legends by linking them to human progenies, who are currently identified as ruling houses, dynasties, priests and title-holders deeply involved in the actual running of their societies speaks a lot about a yet to be decoded intellectual history of pre-colonial Nigeria. Indeed, it also pinpoints to the historical mindset that provided the base for the self-sufficiency of pre-colonial Nigerian societies (Stevens 1978;Smith 1987;Lange 2004;Abubakar 1996).…”

Section: Uses Of Oral Traditions In Promoting Nigerian Unity Security...mentioning

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Oral Traditions and the Promotion of Unity, Security, Law and Order in Nigeria

2022

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This paper seeks to present the view that oral traditions, because of its importance as source of African history, can be an important intellectual tool for the promotion of national security, maintenance of law and order in the nation state. This is to achieve a thorough empirical research on the oral traditions of different Nigerian peoples. The expectation is to reestablish and re-order our perception of others and ourselves through the new histories in a more objective manner; thereby enshrining a renewed sense of genuine self-identification and collective group awareness, unity and solidarity between peoples and social groups in Nigeria. The contention is that oral traditions have both the essential qualities and potentialities of providing the real identities of different groups, their relationship and interaction in historical context. By extension, this could also be the important datum to use as the base for identifying areas of connections, similarities and dissimilarities as a significant parameter in preventing tensions and disorder, enhancing social unity and cohesion amongst the different peoples of Nigeria. This is a position that is tenable given the resources and commitment to maintaining objective and purposeful researches. The work derives its conclusions from narration, description and analysis of historical sources.

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Section: Uses Of Oral Traditions In Promoting Nigerian Unity Security...mentioning

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Oral Traditions and the Promotion of Unity, Security, Law and Order in Nigeria

2022

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Pediatric Postburn Flexion Contracture Release: Early Outcomes Using 2 Bloodless Techniques

Abass,

Michael,

Abubakar

et al. 2024

Journal of Burn Care &Amp; Research

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Post burn flexion contracture of the hand in children constitutes a significant proportion of post burn complications. We compared the early clinical outcomes of reconstruction of pediatric post burn flexion contracture of the digits of the hand using tourniquet or tumescent technique. A prospective randomised study of pediatric patients requiring contracture release and wound resurfacing with full thickness skin graft between September 2020 and August 2021. Patients were randomised into groups of either tourniquet or tumescent technique for contracture release. The surface area of graft take and total active motion across joints were the outcome measures. Student t-test, and Chi-squared test were performed. Twenty-two (22) patients were randomised into either group. The mean age of the participants was 6.09 ± 2.41 years, mostly males 31 (72.1%). A grade three (3) flexion contracture was the most common (72.1%). Ninety four (94) digits and one hundred and seventy eight (178) joints were operated on with the proximal interphalangeal joint (PIPJ) being the most common (48.9%). The mean surface area of graft take on post operative day ten (10) was significantly higher for the tumescent group than the tourniquet group, p =0.001. The total active motion across the joints at six (6) and nine (9) weeks post operative showed a strong correlation between the total active motion across joints and the technique of release, p=0.004 and 0,001 respectively. Tumescent technique is a feasible alternative to the tourniquet method for post burn flexion contracture release of the digits in the pediatric burned hand.

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Epidemiology of hand burns among children in Zaria, Northwestern Nigeria

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Oral Traditions and the Promotion of Unity, Security, Law and Order in Nigeria

Oral Traditions and the Promotion of Unity, Security, Law and Order in Nigeria

Pediatric Postburn Flexion Contracture Release: Early Outcomes Using 2 Bloodless Techniques

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