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Surgical anatomy of the external branch of the superior laryngeal nerve: a systematic review and meta-analysis
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Purpose: To provide a comprehensive evidence-based assessment of the anatomical characteristics of the external branch of the superior laryngeal nerve (EBSLN). Materials and methods: A thorough systematic search was ... -
Surgical anatomy of the profunda brachii artery
(University of NairobiDepartment of Human Anatomy, 2012)Variations in the origin and termination of the profunda brachii artery (PBA) are rarely described in literature. Knowledge of this unusual anatomy is important during brachial artery catheterization and harvesting of ... -
Surgical Apgar Score Predicts Post- Laparatomy Complications
(College of Health sciences, 2013)Introduction: The Surgical Apgar score (SAS) presents a simple, immediate and an objective means of determining surgical outcomes. The score has not been widely validated in low resource settings where it would be most ... -
Surgical Apgar Score predicts postoperative complications in traumatic brain injury
(2016)Background: Predicting complications in neurotrauma patients by using an effective scoring system can reduce morbidity and mortality while facilitating objective clinical decision making during recovery. Compared to existing ... -
Surgical aspects of live donor kidney transplants in Kenya
(Department of Surgery, 1993)Review of twenty cases of live-donor kidney transplants in Kenya for a period of 5 years (1985-1989) and the follow up study results revealed that there were both high graft losses, high morbidity and mortality due to ... -
Surgical Audit
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Surgical care in the village.
(1980)The care of people suffering from surgical disease or injury is unique in requiring, even at its simplest level, a certain degree of psychomotor skill and technological support. This cannot be achieved and maintained in ... -
Surgical considerations in Labrune syndrome
(University of Nairobi, 2021-05)Purpose: Labrune syndrome (LS) is a rare white matter disease characterized by leukoencephalopathy with intracranial calcification and cysts (LCC). While the intracranial cyst characteristics of LS are for the most part ... -
Surgical contraception: the kindest cut of all?
(Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1993)Over 10,000 sterilizations are performed annually in Kenya, 99% of them on women. The mortality associated with female sterilization is only 1/100 that of pregnancy and childbirth, documented in the literature. Sterilization ... -
Surgical implications of abdominal pain in patients presenting to the Kenyatta National Hospital casualty department with abdominal pain
(2005)To determine the local aetiological spectrum of surgically relevant causes of abdominal pain. A prospective descriptive study was carried out. Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya during the month of October ... -
The surgical management of a case of phaeochromocytoma using adrenergic alpha and beta recepotr blocking drugs.
(School of Medicine, University of Nairobi, 1968)No abstract available. -
Surgical management of aggressive synchronous jaw central giant cell granuloma: Case report
(2012)Central giant cell granuloma ( CGCG) appears to be a lesion that is unique to the jaws. It is difficult to predict its aggressiveness. A rare case of synchronous CGCG of the mandible and maxillar in a 14- year old boy is ... -
Surgical management of urolithiasis at the Kenyatta National Hospital.
(Department of Surgery, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1990)Over a ten-year-period, 82 patients with 89 episodes of urinary stones were seen and managed in the General Surgical Units of Kenyatta National Hospital. The management procedures were evaluated and the magnitude of ... -
Surgical manpower in Africa
(Department of Surgery, University of Nairobi, 1987-06)There is a marked shortage of surgical manpower all over Africa. General surgeons undertake a very wide range of surgical work because of the lack of specialists. Orthopaedic and general surgeons both care for accident ... -
The surgical relevance of the anatomic position of the extraosseous mental nerve in a Kenyan population
(2014)Introduction: Precise location of the mental nerve is important in implant surgery, administration of mental nerve block anaesthesia, and for osteotomy procedures. The position is known to show inter-population differences ... -
Surgical significance of brachial arterial variants in a Kenyan population
(University of NairobiDepartment of Human Anatomy, 2012)Background: Knowledge of the variant anatomy of the brachial artery is important in radial arterial grafts for coronary bypass, percutaneous trans-radial approach to coronary angiography, angioplasty and flap surgery. These ... -
Surgical training in East Africa.
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Surgical wound infections: their causes and management
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Surveillance and Research in STI
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Surveillance for respiratory health care–associated infections among inpatients in 3 Kenyan hospitals, 2010-2012
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Although health care–associated infections are an important cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, the epidemiology and etiology of respiratory health care–associated infections (rHAIs) have not been documented in ...