Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis (RRP) treated at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) over a ten-year period (1990-1999)
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Date
2001Author
Muriithi, Charles M
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This is a retrospective study of 74 cases of Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis (RRP)
treated at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) over a ten-year period (1990-1999). The
peak age group at presentation was 2-3 years with a range from 4 months to 34 years.
There was a slight male predominance at 54.1 %.
Most of the patients came from Central (29.7%) and Nyanza (28.4%) provinces. The
commonest presenting symptoms were hoarseness, stridor and dysnoea. The glottis was
the commonest site involved (95.8%). Extra laryngeal site involvement was found in
13.5% of cases.
All cases were managed by direct laryngoscopic removal of papillomas with micro
forceps. 50% of cases required more than one excision to control their recurrences.
Tracheostomy was done on 20.3% of patients out of whom 53% were later successfully
decannulated.
8.1% of patients developed complications, which was mainly laryngeal stenosis. There
was no mortality recorded during the period under review.
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Master Of Medicine in Ent Surgery Of The University Of NairobiPublisher
University of Nairobi Faculty of Medicine