CONTENTS Volume 2 Number 1 Jan – Mar 2012 JOURNAL OF THE WEST AFRICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS

Editorial

EDITORIAL OF THE WEST AFRICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS

Original Scientific Articles

SONOURETHROGRAPHY IN THE EVALUATION OF ANTERIOR URETHRAL STRICTURE -- *IC Akpayak, CC Ani, NK Dakum, VM Ramyil, SI Shuaibu …………………………

EXTREMITY AMPUTATIONS IN WARRI, SOUTH-SOUTH NIGERIA -- *ODATUWA-OMAGBEMI DO, ADIKI OT……

PRELIMINARY EXPERIENCE WITH RADICAL CYSTECTOMY AND W–ILEAL POUCH FOR MUSCLE INVASIVE TRANSITIONAL CELL BLADDER CARCINOMA-- *Shu’aibu SI, Liman HU, Akpayak IC, Ofoha CG, Ramyil VM, Dakum NK …….

EVALUATION OF THE CARDIOVASCULAR STIMULATION EFFECTS AFTER INDUCTION OF ANAESTHESIA WITH KETAMINE-- *ZA Suleiman?, Kolawole IK, Bolaji BO …….

Opion & Commentaries

THESIS/DISSERTATION AS A PART OF SURGERY FELLOWSHIP EXAMINATION: IS THIS NECESSARY? -- Ajao OG………………………

The Intersection of Research and Surgical Training--- Omigbodun AO ……………….

Case Reports & Case Series

IMPALEMENT HEAD INJURY WITH SERRATED MEAT KNIFE -- Binitie OP*, Shilong DJ, Ugwu BT, Ekedigwe JE, Oyeniran OO, Adighije PF, Mairiga AN, Ninmol PJ, Alayande B ……

UNCOMMON INTRACRANIAL ABSCESSES -- Udoh DO ……… ……

BICORNUATE UTERUS MIMICKING ECTOPIC PREGNANCY - A CASE REPORT - Aliyu LD*, Abdullahi MK ……… ……

Peer-reviewed Abstracts of papers presented at the 51st Annual Scientific Conference of the West African College of Surgeons at Hotel Meridien President, Dakar, Senegal on 30th June – 5th July, 2011 continued.