Salamat Ahuoiza Aliu Explained

Salamat Ahuoiza Aliu
Birth Date:1980
Birth Place:Ilorin, Kwara State
Education:University of Ilorin
Occupation:Neurosurgeon, National Hospital, Abuja
Known For:first woman neurosurgeon in West Africa

Salamat Ahuoiza Aliu is a Nigerian neurosurgeon.[1] [2]

Early life and education

Salamat Ahuoiza Aliu, was born in Ilorin, Kwara state, north Central Nigeria in 1980, but she is a native of Okene, Kogi State.[3] [4] [5] She attended the medical school in the University of Ilorin to get her first degree. She trained and specialized in neurosurgery at Usmanu Danfodiyo University under Prof BB Shehu.[6]

Medical career

Aliu is the first female neurosurgeon in West Africa and also the first indigenous-trained female neurosurgeon in Nigeria.[7] She currently works at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital.[8] [9]

Awards and achievements

Noted for her exceptional work in neurosurgery and encouragement of women to join the neurological field,[7] Aliu was listed in the top 100 persons of the year by Arewa socio-political group in 2016.

Personal life

Aliu is married with children.[10]

Publications

In this publication, Aliu, alongside seven other physicians, discusses the complications that can arise from the placement of a nasogastric tube, a common procedure for patients who are unable to feed themselves. In previous case studies regarding nasogastric tubes, complications such as coiling and knotting are blamed on small bore tubes and are said to be more common in patients with small stomachs.[12] However, Aliu and her colleagues challenge the position that small stomachs are at a greater risk for tube knotting, based on the extreme rarity of related complications in children. Instead, they argue that factors such as excess tube length, gastric surgery, and reduced gastric tone, specifically due to head injury, are the most reasonable predispositions for nasogastric tube knotting.

Aliu and her colleagues discuss the benefits of using methacrylate in the absence of custom bone, which can be too expensive or unavailable during a cranioplasty. They further describe cranioplasty techniques leading to successful outcomes when employing methacrylate.

In this joint publication with the previously mentioned colleagues, Aliu brings to light a rare chronic bacterial infection in the brain called subdural actinomycoma, which is commonly mistaken radiologically with a subdural hematoma or an empyema.

Notes and References

  1. Karekezi . Claire . Thango . Nqobile . Aliu-Ibrahim . Salamat Ahuoiza . Bechri . Hajar . Broalet . Espérance Maman You . Bougrine . Mouna . Cheserem . Jebet Beverly . Mbaye . Maguette . Shabhay . Zarina Ali . Tighilt . Nabila . Bakhti . Souad . Abbadi . Najia El . 2021-03-01 . History of African women in neurosurgery . Neurosurgical Focus . en-US . 50 . 3 . E15 . 10.3171/2020.12.FOCUS20905 . 1092-0684.
  2. Web site: Nigeria . Media . Nigerian First Women - Dr. Salamat Ahuoiza Aliu . 2024-06-13 . Media Nigeria . en-US.
  3. Web site: Meet Kogi-Born Dr. Salamat; Nigeria's First Female Neurosurgeon . Kogi reports. 2017-11-06.
  4. Web site: Salamat Ahuoiza Aliu . 2024-06-15 . sonaikeblog.wordpress.com . en.
  5. Web site: Asare . Edward . 2022-03-12 . Meet Dr. Salamat A. Aliu, The 1st Female Neurosurgeon In West Africa . 2024-06-15 . EdwardAsare - Digital Marketer PR Blogger News . en-US.
  6. Web site: How I became first female Nigeria-trained neuro-surgeon . Olaniyi . Maudeen . vanc . 2015-04-12 . Dailytrust . 2017-11-01.
  7. Web site: 2021-01-11 . Meet Dr. Salamat Ahuoiza Aliu: The First Certified Female Neurosurgeon In West Africa Duchess International Magazine . 2024-06-13 . en-US.
  8. Web site: Nigeria's First Women! A List Of Nigeria's First Female Trailblazers . 2016-03-14 . Onobello.com . 2017-11-05.
  9. Web site: 2021-01-11 . Meet Dr. Salamat Ahuoiza Aliu: The First Certified Female Neurosurgeon In West Africa Duchess International Magazine . 2024-06-15 . en-US.
  10. Web site: Nigeria's First Indigenous Female Neurosurgeon, Dr. Salamat Ahuoiza Aliu . admin . cfrmagazine.com . 2017-11-01.
  11. Ismail NJ, Bot GM, Hassan I, Shilong DJ, Obande JO, Aliu SA, Dung ED, Shehu BB . Knotting of a nasogastric feeding tube in a child with head injury: A case report and review of literature . African Journal of Paediatric Surgery . 11 . 3 . 273–5 . July 2014 . 25047325 . 10.4103/0189-6725.137343 . free .
  12. Williams A, Liddle D, Singh AK . A knotted nasogastric tube . Anesthesia: Essays and Researches . 5 . 1 . 109–10 . 2011 . 25885313 . 4173374 . 10.4103/0259-1162.84175 . free .
  13. Bot GM, Ismail NJ, Usman B, Shilong DJ, Obande JO, Aliu S, Sale D, Shehu BB . Using the head as a mould for cranioplasty with methylmethacrylate . Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice . 4 . 4 . 471–4 . October 2013 . 24347964 . 3858776 . 10.4103/0976-3147.120207 . free .
  14. Ismail NJ, Bot GM, Sahabi S, Aliu S, Usman B, Shilong DJ, Obande JO, Shehu BB . Subdural actinomycoma presenting as recurrent chronic subdural hematoma . Asian Journal of Neurosurgery . 10 . 2 . 129–31 . April 2015 . 25972947 . 4421953 . 10.4103/1793-5482.145051 . free .

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