Adoga Adeyi A, Nimkur Tonga L
Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, Jos University Teaching Hospital, PMB 2076, Plateau State, Jos, Nigeria.
ISRN Otolaryngol. 2011 Nov 22;2011:704924. doi: 10.5402/2011/704924. Print 2011.
Traditional healers in Nigeria continue to perform uvulectomy for all throat problems despite the severe complications they present to physicians. It is a hospital-based prospective study done at the outpatient unit of the Department of Otolaryngology, Jos University Teaching Hospital, Jos, Nigeria to determine the prevalence of traditional uvulectomy, highlighting the dangers it portends with suggested ways of providing improved health outcomes for our people. We saw 517 new cases of which 165 (32%) patients aged 2 years to 53 years had their uvulae amputated consisting of 108 (65.5%) males and 57 (34.5%) females giving a male to female ratio of 2 : 1. One hundred and forty two (86.1%) patients had uvulectomy at childhood and 23 (13.9%) in adulthood. The commonest indication was throat pain (n = 36, 21.8%). The commonest complication was hemorrhage (n = 29, 17.6%). Forty six (27.9%) patients required hospital admission.
尽管尼日利亚的传统治疗师给医生们带来了严重的并发症，但他们仍继续对所有咽喉问题进行悬雍垂切除术。这是一项在尼日利亚乔斯市乔斯大学教学医院耳鼻喉科门诊进行的基于医院的前瞻性研究，旨在确定传统悬雍垂切除术的患病率，强调其带来的危险，并提出为民众改善健康结果的建议方法。我们共接待了517例新病例，其中165例（32%）年龄在2岁至53岁之间的患者进行了悬雍垂切除术，包括108例（65.5%）男性和57例（34.5%）女性，男女比例为2∶1。142例（86.1%）患者在儿童期进行了悬雍垂切除术，23例（13.9%）在成年期进行。最常见的指征是咽喉疼痛（n = 36，21.8%）。最常见的并发症是出血（n = 29，17.6%）。46例（27.9%）患者需要住院治疗。
