Compressive  lessions  of the spinal cord in  kenya as seen and  treated in  the neurosurgical department in  kenyatta national   hospital,

dc.contributor.author	Randall, James H
dc.date.accessioned	2013-05-23T09:03:37Z
dc.date.available	2013-05-23T09:03:37Z
dc.date.issued	1985
dc.identifier.citation	Master of Medicine (Surgery)	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/11295/24736
dc.description.abstract	The results of a retrospective study of 100 patients with proven compressive spinal cord lesions, operated on in the Neurosurgical Unit at Kenyatta Nctioncl Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya, between January 1981 to December 1984 are presented. The mode of presentation, the results of various investigations, the findings at surgery, and the results of surgery together with the histological diagnosis are presented. The diagnostic yield of clinical, radiological, surgical methods and histology are evaluated e . A detailed list of compressive cord lesions found in this study is presented and compared and contrasted with similar studies from :other tropical and non tropical countries.	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	University of Nairobi	en
dc.title	Compressive lessions of the spinal cord in kenya as seen and treated in the neurosurgical department in kenyatta national hospital,	en
dc.type	Thesis	en
dc.description.department	a Department of Psychiatry, University of Nairobi, ; bDepartment of Mental Health, School of Medicine, Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya
local.publisher	College of Health Sciences	en