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Volume 5, Issue 1

• A 5-Year Clinical Evaluation of Subdermal Implants Among Abakaliki Acceptors

  p. 1-5
  Nwali Matthew Igwe, Ejikeme Boniface Nnamdi, Agboeze Joseph Jude

  Background: The family planning clinic of the Federal Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki in Ebonyi State, obtains its clients from the postnatal clinic, the general outpatient department, specialist clinics...

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• Awareness, Practice, and Predictors of Family Planning by Pregnant Women Attending a Tertiary Hospital in a Semi-rural Community of North-West Nigeria

  p. 6-11
  Adewale Olufemi Ashimi, Taiwo Gboluwaga Amole, Emmanuel Ajuluchukwu Ugwa, Abiodun Omole Ohonsi

  Background: Nigeria’s maternal and perinatal health status is still among the poorest in the world, with a poor contraceptive prevalence rate and a high fertility rate. Aim: The...

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• Accuracy of Gray‑scale and Three‑dimensional Power Doppler Ultrasound Parameters in the Diagnosis of Morbidly Adherent placenta

  p. 12-19
  Alaa M. Abdel Moniem, Ibrahim A. Abdelazim, Amr A. Aziz Khalifa, Ahmed A. Kader Fahmy, Noha H. Rabei

  Background: Morbidly adherent placenta (MAP) is usually associated with excess blood loss, bladder injuries, and hysterectomies. Aim: This study was designed to evaluate the accuracy ...

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• A Survey of Clients and Ethical Perspectives of Voluntary Tubal Ligations in the South-Western Nigeria

  p. 21-26
  Wasiu Olalekan Adebimpe

  Background: Acceptance of voluntary tubal ligation is gradually gaining wide acceptability in the developing countries. Aim: This study described the sociodemographic characteristics ...

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• Menstrual Pattern and Disorders and Impact on Quality of Life Among University Students in South-Western Nigeria

  p. 27-32
  Wasiu Olalekan Adebimpe, Emmanuel Oludele Farinloye, Najeemdeen Ajao Adeleke

  Background: Menarche is one of the signals of a woman’s transition from childhood to adulthood. Abnormal menstrual pattern could cause morbidities that may disrupt daily activities. Aim:...

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• An Audit of the Clinicopathological Spectrum of Benign Vascular Tumors of Female Genital Tract; with a Mini Narrative Review

  p. 32-39
  Shruthi S. Andola, Vatsala Kishore, Kruthika S. Andola, Umadevi S. Andola, Sainath K. Andola

  Background: Vascular tumors of the female genital tract (FGT) are very rare. The aim of this study was to analyze the spectrum of vascular tumors in FGT and to correlate their clinicopathological feat...

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• Complete Recovery of a Booked Primigravida with Hemorrhagic Stroke Due to Severe Preeclampsia

  p. 46-51
  Sunday Uche Mbamara, Ikenna Chiemerie Mbah, Lumin Ogbuagu

  Stroke is a major contributor to morbidity and mortality during pregnancy and puerperium. Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), which is bleeding within the cerebral parenchyma as a result of rupture of a blood vessel, is t...

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• Heterotopic Pregnancy in a Natural Conception Following Failed Contraceptive Practice

  p. 52-55
  Mbamara Sunday Uche, Mbah Ikenna Chinwenmeri

  This report presents another rare case of spontaneous simultaneous intrauterine and extrauterine tubal pregnancies following failed progestogen-only injectable contraceptive. The ruptured heterotopic pregnancy was dia...

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• Patterns of Antenatal Care Seeking Behavior in South East Nigeria: Exploring Relationship with Age, Education, and Socioeconomic Status

  p. 40-45
  Ijeoma L Okoronkwo, Chika C Odira, Ada C Nwaneri, Pat U Okpala, Christiana N Okafor

  Background: Maternal and infant morbidity and mortality are major public health problems in Nigeria. Although it is well-known that appropriate antenatal care (ANC) is important in reducing maternal m...

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