dc.contributor.author | Ntarangwi, Florence N | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-05-24T07:24:52Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-05-24T07:24:52Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1993-07 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Master of Medicine in Diagnostic Radiology, University of Nairobi, 1993 | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/11295/25161 | |
dc.description.abstract | An analytical prospective study was done. 100 patients
admitted in a gynaecology oncology ward with a diagnosis of
carcinoma of the cervix where recruited. They were staged
both by clinical examination under anaesthesia and by ultrasonography
and the results of the two staging methods compared.
The main aim of the study was to assess the accuracy
by which ultrasonography can be used in staging of carcinoma
of the cervix as compared to clinical staging under anaesthesia
which was taken to be the standard.
Ultrasound examinations were done using a transabdomenal
3.0 MHZ sector transducer. Examination of
kidneys, liver, para-aortic regions and spleen were done.
Ultrasonography was found to be of great value in staging of
late carcinoma of the cervix that is stage III and IV and this
is because renal involvement with hydronephrosis and
infiltration inlo the bladder was well demonstrated. Stage I
and II were not well demonstrated. As ultrasound was not good
in demonstrating parametrial. vaginal and pelvic wall
involvement. Ultrasound would play an important role if used
together with clinical examination under anaesthesia in the
staging of cervical carcinoma. | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | University of Nairobi, | en |
dc.title | Comparison of ultrasonography with clinical examination under anaesthesia in the staging of carcinoma of the cervix at the 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 | School of Medicine | en |