Clavicular Fracture Following Uvulectomy and Traditional Hair Barbing: A Case Report

Activities of traditional barbers are an age-long practice in northern Nigerian. They are involved in conducting hair barbing and uvulectomy of newborn babies usually on the 7(th) day of life. This procedure is often associated with complications like bleeding, infections, but its association with c...

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Autor principal: Ibrahim, Aliyu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4649885/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26664849
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2249-4863.123935
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description Activities of traditional barbers are an age-long practice in northern Nigerian. They are involved in conducting hair barbing and uvulectomy of newborn babies usually on the 7(th) day of life. This procedure is often associated with complications like bleeding, infections, but its association with clavicular fracture is a rare event which had not been reported before now. Therefore, the case of a 10-day-old Nigerian girl is highlighted. She was managed conservatively with minimal handling of the involved limb.
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spelling pubmed-46498852015-12-10 Clavicular Fracture Following Uvulectomy and Traditional Hair Barbing: A Case Report Ibrahim, Aliyu J Family Med Prim Care Case Report Activities of traditional barbers are an age-long practice in northern Nigerian. They are involved in conducting hair barbing and uvulectomy of newborn babies usually on the 7(th) day of life. This procedure is often associated with complications like bleeding, infections, but its association with clavicular fracture is a rare event which had not been reported before now. Therefore, the case of a 10-day-old Nigerian girl is highlighted. She was managed conservatively with minimal handling of the involved limb. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013 /pmc/articles/PMC4649885/ /pubmed/26664849 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2249-4863.123935 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title Clavicular Fracture Following Uvulectomy and Traditional Hair Barbing: A Case Report
title_full Clavicular Fracture Following Uvulectomy and Traditional Hair Barbing: A Case Report
title_fullStr Clavicular Fracture Following Uvulectomy and Traditional Hair Barbing: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Clavicular Fracture Following Uvulectomy and Traditional Hair Barbing: A Case Report
title_short Clavicular Fracture Following Uvulectomy and Traditional Hair Barbing: A Case Report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4649885/
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