Browsing by Author "Yusuf, A.S"

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    Endoscopic Endonasal Trans-Sphenoidal Pituitary Surgery (EETSS): Clinico-Radiological Presentation and Outcome in Ilorin: Our Experience
    (Otorhinolaryngology Society of Nigeria., 2021) Afolabi, O.A,; Yusuf, A.S; Adeleke, N.A; Balogun, J.A; Omokanye, H.K; Adeyeye, A.A; Adegboye, M.B; Adegboye, K.A; Shittu, N.O; Odebode, T.O; Bolaji, B.O; Ologe, F.E; Alabi, B.S
    Objective: To share our experience on the clinical presentation and management of patients with pituitary adenoma using Endoscopic Endo-Nasal Trans-Sphenoidal Surgery (EETSS Materials and Method: A retrospective review of all patients with non-functional pituitary macro-adenoma seen in who underwent EETS approach between May 2012 and April 2018. The clinical presentations of the patients were documented. All Patients had pre and postoperative visual assessment and they had radiologic investigation. Endocrine evaluations were done pre and postoperatively. All patients were operated by a combined team of Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) surgeons and Neurosurgeons using rigid endoscope 18cm (4mm; 0 and 30 degree). Results: A total of 18 patients; 12 females and 6 males, were operated via EETS. All patients had visual impairments at presentation which improved postoperatively in 14 patients. 6 patients were postmenopausal, 5 had amenorrhea with secondary infertility. There were two postoperative deaths in intensive care unit. The Mean hospital stay was 4.9 days. Histological diagnosis of pituitary adenoma in was made in 17 patients and one patient had malignant mucoepithelial tumour. Conclusion: Pituitary tumour constituted about 10.5% of all intracranial tumors in our centre, visual impairment is the commonest presentation and total tumor resection via the EETS is about 78%. The approach showed improve vision in 2/3rd postoperatively, mean hospital stay was about 4.9days with nasal crust formation being the most observed complication and mortality of 11.1%.
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    Experience in Management of Dandy-Walker Syndrome in an adult patient.
    (Published by College of Health Sciences, University of Ilorin., 2016) Adegboye, Majeed B; Yusuf, A.S; Adegboye, K.A
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    Optimization of priming duration for rice production under drought stress
    (Agricultural Academy of Bulgaria, 2020-04) Kareem, I; Kareem, S.A; Abdulmaliq, S.Y; Adekola, O.F; Abdulkareem, K.A; Olayinka, B.U; Abdulaziz, A.; Yusuf, A.S; Kuranga, A.B; Magaji, U.; Lawal, M.T; Ahmed, O; Lawal, O.I; Bello, W.B; Salami, T.B; Ayeleke, D.A; Azeez, K.O; Olaniyan J,O; Affinnih, K.O; Olalekan, K.K
    The type of priming chemical and the duration of priming are important factors determining the performance of plants resulting from priming treatment. Therefore, this research was conducted to determine the effects of different priming agents and soaking durations on growth and yield of drought-stressed rice. To achieve this objective, a pot experiment was conducted where three priming agents (100 mM calcium chloride dihidrate (CaCl2), 40% (w/v) polyethylene glycol (PEG) 6000 and 100 ppm kinetin) combined with two soaking (priming) durations were tested on drought stressed rice plants in a 3x2 factorial experiment. The experiment was laid out in a completely randomized design (CRD) with three replications. Parameters on germination percentage, number of tillers, number of productive tillers, tiller effi ciecy, shoot fresh and dry weight, yield, seed length to seed width ratio (seed size), 100-seed weight and harvest index were taken. Also, data on photosynthetic rate, stomatal conductance, intercellular carbon-dioxide and transpiration rate and leaf water were taken. It was found that the highest yield was got when PEG was used for priming for 48 hours. It was found that number of tillers, shoot dry mass, 100-seed mass, rate of photosynthesis, stomatal conductance, transpiration and leaf area water were increased when seeds were primed for 48 hours with kinetin solution. However, tiller efficiency, harvest index and seed size were favoured by 24-hour priming with PEG while number of productive tillers, shoot fresh mass and grain yield were favoured by 48 hour priming with PEG. It was concluded that 48 hour priming with PEG was effective alleviate moisture stress in MR219 rice. This implies that to avoid wastage of priming chemicals and circumvent undue prolongation of priming period or duration which will result in harming the seeds (toxicity) and poor performance of the resulting plants, 40% (w/v) PEG 6000 should be used for 48 hours for priming MR219.
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    Traumatic Brain Injury and Metabolic Dysfunction Among Head Injured Patients in a Tertiary Hospital in North-Central Nigeria.
    (Published by the College of Medicine and Allied Health Sciences, University of Sierra Leone, 2015) Olayaki, L.A; Yusuf, A.S; Adeleke, N.A,; Abolude, N.A,; Odetayo, F,; Biliaminu, S.A.; Afolabi, O.A.
    Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is a common health problem which is one of the main causes of chronic disability and it is associated with hormonal and metabolic disorders. This work was carried out to investigate the relationship between some stress hormones (i.e. prolactin and cortisol) and plasma glucose level in TBI patients. Twenty-five TBI patients were included in the study consecutively. All patients underwent basal hormonal and plasma glucose evaluation within 24 hours of admission. One of the patients died during the acute phase. The results of the study show that prolactin and glucose levels were positively correlated with the Glasgow Coma Scale (GSC). Cortisol levels were observed to be highest in the moderate TBI group with GSC score of 9-13. The results also showed that 80% (20 patients) of the patients were age 40 years and below and 84% (21 patients) were males. In conclusion, present data show that prolactin, cortisol and plasma glucose are disturbed in TBI. The disturbances in the levels of prolactin and glucose are related to the severity of TBI. However, there is no direct relationship between cortisol and severity of TBI. Our results also show that TBI is more common in males and young people.