A study of haemorrhoids as seen at the Kenyatta National Hospital with special reference to asymptomatic haemorrhoids.

dc.contributor.author	Ogendo, S W
dc.date.accessioned	2013-04-30T06:38:35Z
dc.date.available	2013-04-30T06:38:35Z
dc.date.issued	1991-05
dc.identifier.citation	East Africa Medical Journal.1991 May;68(5):340-7	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1935727
dc.identifier.uri	http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/17864
dc.description.abstract	Eighty random patients were examined over a 9-month-period to determine the incidence of asymptomatic haemorrhoids at the Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH). The incidence of asymptomatic was found to be 21% all being first degree haemorrhoids, while in the age group 50 years and over, 29% had asymptomatic haemorrhoids. The mean age calculated as 44.3 years (+/- 18.3), with no statistical difference between the ages of the two sexes. Males however had a significant greater incidence of asymptomatic haemorrhoids than females	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.subject	Haemorrhoids	en
dc.subject	Asymptomatic haemorrhoids	en
dc.subject	Kenyatta National Hospital	en
dc.title	A study of haemorrhoids as seen at the Kenyatta National Hospital with special reference to asymptomatic haemorrhoids.	en
dc.type	Article	en
local.publisher	Department of Surgery, University of Nairobi	en