Ayodele AS

Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, General Hospital Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria

Publications

• Short communication   
  An Audit of Malignant Oro‑facial Tumors Presenting at a Tertiary Hospital in Lagos
  Author(s): Gbotolorun OM*, Emeka CI and Ayodele AS
  
  OroâÃ?Â?Ã?Â?facial malignancies are reported to have a high mortality and morbidity, this is further worsened when patient report late. To analyze the malignant oroâÃ?Â?Ã?Â?facial lesions seen at a Hospital in the Lagos, Nigeria. Successive patients that presented in the hospital and met criteria of study during 15 months period were recruited into the study. Demographics, clinical variables, and treatment provided for each patient in the hospital was recorded. Data collected were presented as tables and percentages. There were 36 cases seen, their ages ranged from 10 to 72 years (median 49 years), and there were 21 males and 15 females. Time lapse before presentation to the clinic ranged from 2 to 30 months, mean (9.9 (±5.5 months and the largest dimension of lesions at presentation ranged from 2 cm to 12 cm (mean 6.4 ± 2.0 cm). Most common site of presentat.. Read More»