Fabian Udekwu

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Fabian Anene Ositadimma Udekwu Audio  (n'afo 1928 na ubọchi nke irina asaa nke onwa Nọvemba n'afo 2006) onye amụrụ na Enugwu Agidi, Anambra Steeti bụ kwa dọkịta na-ahụ maka ahụike, onye na-awa ahụ n'obi. Ọ bụ prọfesọ pụrụ iche nke ịwa ahụ n'obi na Mahadum nsukka nke Naijiria, na onye ọsụ ụzọ nke ịwa obi na-emeghe n'Africa.[1]

Agụmakwụkwọ

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Prọfesọ Udekwu gara St. Charles koleji nzulite ndi nkuzi na Onitsha ebe e debere ya dị ka onye otu ngalaba mgbe ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ n'afo1947, na-akụzi mgbakọ na mwepụ na ọdịdị ala.[2] O mere ule matrikuleshon London ya site na akwụkwọ ozi ma mgbe o tukobarara ego zuru ezu ọ gara n'ihu n'afo 1950 na United States maka ọmụmụ ihe ọzọ. O mere ọmụmụ ọgwụ ya na Bayooji, Kemistri na Fizis na Los Angeles.[3] N'ikpeazụ, ọ gara mahadum Loyola nke Chicago Stritch ụlọakwụkwọ ọgwu,ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ dị ka dọkịta n'afo 1957 ma bụrụ ọkachamara na ịwa ahụ obi na obi n'ozuzu ya n'afo1964.[4][5] O mere ọzụzụ ịwa ahụ ya na ulọ ọgwu Cook County di na Chicago.[3] Fabian Udekwu bụ dọkịta mbụ na-awa ahụ obi na obi na Naịjirịa.[6] Ọ bụ onye otu Koleji Ndị dọkịta na-awa ahụ na Amerika, njiko ndi dokinta na-awa ahu obi na Amerika, koleji mba uwa nke ndi na-awa afọ na Koleji ọdịda anyanwụ African nke ndị na-awa afo.[7] Udekwu bụ onye guzobere na onye otu ulo akwukwo Naijiria nke sayensi.[8]

Ọrụ

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Udekwu laghachiri Naịjirịa n'afọ 1965 dị ka dọkịta na-ahụ maka obi na obi na Mahadum College ụlọ ọgwu nke Mahadum Ibadan.[6] Ọ hapụrụ Ibadan gaa Enugu mgbe mmekpa ahu malitere nke gosipụtara mmalite nke agha obodo Naịjirịa.[9] Ọ rụrụ ọrụ dị ka onye dọkịta na-awa ahụ ndị agha na onye isi ụlọ ọgwụ nkuzi Biafran n'ebe dị iche iche gụnyere Enugu na Emekukwu n'oge agha ahụ.[10] Ọ bụkwa odeakwụkwọ nke njikọ enyemaka na nhazigharị ndi Biafra n'oge agha ahụ.[11] Udekwu mechara bụrụ Prọfesọ Pụrụ Iche na Onye isi nke Ngalaba Ịwa Ahụ nke Ụlọ Ọgwụ Nkuzi Mahadum Naịjirịa,(UNTH) ma bụrụ onye isi nchịkwa nke Enugu Campus nke Mahadụ ahụ.[3] A na-eto Prọfesọ Udekwu maka iwulite Ngalaba Ịwa Ahụ nke Mahadum Naịjirịa.[3] N'agbanyeghị ọtụtụ mgbalị na-enweghị isi iji nweta ego iji guzobe ngalaba ịwa ahụ nke oge a site n'ọtụtụ òtù na United Statei, United Kindom, Scandinevia ma site na enyemaka ụka, o nwere ike inweta ego site na ogige Enugu site ya na onyinye nke ndị Naijiria ọ bụla iji wuo ụlọ ịwa ahụ ma zụta ngwá ọrụ dị mkpa iji guzopụta ụlọ ọrụ maka ịwa ahụ n'obi na Naijiria.[3] Ọ bụ otu n'ime ndị ọsụ ụzọ guzobere ịwa ahụ obi na Naịjirịa.[12] Prọfesọ Udekwu duziri otu ndị dọkịta na-awa ahụ nke mere ịwa ahụ obi mbụ gara nke ọma na Naịjirịa n'afo 1974 nke bụ nke mbụ n'ụdị ya na Africa ojii.[13][3] Ọzọkwa n'ime ndị otu ndị dọkịta na-awa ahụ na-arụ ọrụ a dị ịrịba ama bụ Prọfesọ Sir Magdi Yacoub, Prọfesor Anyanwu C.H., Nwafor D.C., onye na-akụnwụ ahụ Dr. Shreeniwas Jawalekar na ndị ọzọ.[14][15] Usoro ịwa ahụ obi isii ọzọ sochiri nkea n'okpuru Udekwu na Mahadum ulo ọgwu nkuzi Naịjirịa (UNTH) n'etiti afọ 1974 na 1980.[16]

Ndụ onwe onye

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Udekwu bụ onye na-eme egwuregwu nke ukwuu, na-egwu bọọlụ na tennis n'oge ndụ ya niile. Ọ bụ onye otu Enugu Sports klọb. Ọ na-akpọkwa egwu dị ka ihe ntụrụndụ na-enweta aha dị ka onye na-akpọ ụbọ akwara na onye na-eduzi ukwe na Holy Ghost katidral di n'Enugu. Na ubochi nke iri abuọ na asaa nke onwa Eprel na'afo1956 Udekwu lụrụ nwada Anna Brita Bystrom. E jiri ụmụ iri gozie alụm di na nwunye ahụ.[17]

Akwụkwọ ndị e bipụtara

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  • Ezumike ahụike na Naịjirịa.[18]
  • Pseudocyst pancreatic n'ime ụmụaka[19]
  • Aspergilloma akpa ume: akụkọ nke ọrịa abụọ sitere na Naịjirịa.[20]
  • Nkọwapụta nke mmiri zuru ezu nke ahụ na tritium oxide, FAO Udekwu, PD Kozoll, KA Meyer ̊ Jonal nke nuclear Medicine, 1963
  • Aneurysm nke akwara akpa ume aka ekpe na hemoptysis na ihe nnochi ụzọ bronchial.[21]
  • Ahụmahụ mbụ na ịwa ahụ obi na Naịjirịa, Anyanwu CH, Ihenacho HNC, Okoroma EO, Nwafo DC, Umeh BU, Okechukwu CC, Udekwu FA. Cardiologie Tropicale, Tropical Cardiology 1982;8:1237
  • Nnyocha nke alveolar soft tissue sarcoma.[22]
  • Renal angiomyolipoma. Nnyocha ahụike na nke ọrịa.[23]
  • Traumatic aneurysms na arteriovenous fistulas na Naịjirịa.[24]
  • Akụkụ ahụike nke carcinoma akpa ume na pleural na Naịjirịa.[25]
  • Teratoma nke gland thyroid.[26]
  • Black grain mycetoma n'ihi Madurella mycetomi: akụkọ ikpe sitere na East Central State nke Nigeria.[27]
  • Ịrịgo aneurysm aortic na-akpata stenosis nke akpa ume.[28]
  • Odeku (1970). "Persistent ascites following infected ventriculoperitoneal shunt". West African Medical Journal 19: 72–73.  [29]

Ihe edeturu

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  2. Jacob Ukeje Agwu ( 1925–2008 ) A Brief History of His Life, biographical article, Nigeriamasterweb, retrieved 27 June 2013
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 White (25 July 1974). A professor's dilema, 63 number 907, New Scientist. Retrieved on 18 November 2014. 
  4. Udekwu, Fabian MD, Thoracic Surgery Maywood , IL, Doximity website, retrieved 27 June 2013
  5. Udekwu, Fabian A.O. ,medicineonline retrieved 27 June 2013
  6. 6.0 6.1 Adebonojo. DEVELOPMENT OF OPEN HEART SURGERY IN WEST AFRICA: A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE. Archived from the original on 21 January 2016. Retrieved on 2 December 2015.
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  8. List of fellows. Nigerian Academy of Science. Archived from the original on 9 November 2015. Retrieved on 5 December 2015.
  9. Adler (2015). After the Tall Timber: Collected Nonfiction. New York Review of Books, 230–233. ISBN 978-1590178805. 
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  12. SURGERY IN NIGERIA: The Will and The Way, FACULTY LECTURE DELIVERED TO FACULTY OF SURGERY NATIONAL POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL COLLEGE ON 16 September 1988 By Professor E. A. Elebute
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  14. Shreeniwas Jawalekar, Open Drops To Open Hearts!: Journey of an Anesthesiologist from India to America (memoir), Published 8 April 2010 by Outskirts Press, pp.61–64
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  16. S.O. Michael, Chronicles of Medical History in Africa; Pioneers of Heart Surgery from Aristotle to Grillo, Annals of Ibadan Postgraduate Medicine Vol. 7 No.2 December 2009
  17. Science & Medicine; Nigerian Achievers in Medicine. The Achebe Colloquium (17 July 2006). Archived from the original on 12 May 2023. Retrieved on 12 May 2023.
  18. Udekwu (14 August 1965). "A Medical Holiday in Nigeria.". Canadian Medical Association Journal 93 (7): 328. PMID 20328321. 
  19. UDEKWU (August 1965). "Pancreatic Pseudocyst in Children". The Journal of the International College of Surgeons 44: 123–7. PMID 14310292. 
  20. Anyanwu (August 1982). "Pulmonary aspergilloma: report of two cases from Nigeria.". The Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 85 (4): 143–7. PMID 7143529. 
  21. Udekwu (November 1965). "Aneurysm of the left pulmonary artery with hemoptysis and bronchial obstruction.". The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 50 (5): 753–6. DOI:10.1016/s0022-5223(19)33164-2. PMID 5845460. 
  22. Udekwu (December 1965). "Studies of an alveolar soft tissue sarcoma.". British Journal of Cancer 19 (4): 744–8. DOI:10.1038/bjc.1965.86. PMID 4285917. 
  23. Udekwu (September 1966). "Renal angiomyolipoma. Clinical and pathological study.". International Surgery 46 (3): 205–14. PMID 5916848. 
  24. Anyanwu (August 1980). "Traumatic aneurysms and arteriovenous fistulas in Nigeria.". The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon 28 (4): 265–8. DOI:10.1055/s-2007-1022092. PMID 6158130. 
  25. Anyanwu (1979). "Clinical aspects of pulmonary and pleural carcinoma in Nigeria.". Medical Journal of Zambia 14 (5): 83–9. PMID 7053009. 
  26. Suseelan (1976). "Teratoma of the thyroid gland". International Surgery 62 (11–12): 586–7. PMID 591232. 
  27. Gugnanni (1976). "Black grain mycetoma due to Madurella mycetomi: a case report from the East Central State of Nigeria.". Nigerian Medical Journal 6 (4). 
  28. Anyanwu (September 1979). "Ascending aortic aneurysm causing pulmonary stenosis.". East African Medical Journal 56 (9): 457–60. PMID 520267. 
  29. Shehu (2006-04-12). "Acute ileus following ventriculoperitoneal shunt: case report". East African Medical Journal 82 (9): 486–7. DOI:10.4314/eamj.v82i9.9342. ISSN 0012-835X. PMID 16619725. 

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