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Spinal cord compression due to tumours at Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi.
(University of NairobiCollege of Health Science, 2000)OBJECTIVE: To determine the frequency of different types of tumours associated with cord compression, their mode of presentation and treatment outcome. DESIGN: Retrospective study. SETTING: Kenyatta National Hospital ... -
Spinal cord termination in adult Africans: relationship with intercristal line and the transumbilical plane
(University of Nairobi.Department of Human Anatomy, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya., 2010-07)The level of cord termination and level of vertebral intersection of intercristal line and transumbilical plane (TUP), frequently used landmarks, show ethnic variation. The relationship of the spinal cord termination to ... -
Spinal surgery following organ transplantation.
(Goodman Campbell Brain and Spine, Department of Neurological Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202, USA, 2011)OBJECT: Organ transplantation for renal, liver, cardiac, and pulmonary failure has become more common in recent years, and patients are living longer as a result of improved organ preservation methods, immunosuppressive ... -
Spinal tuberculosis among human immunodeficiency virus-negative patients in a Kenyan tertiary hospital: a 5-year synopsis.
(Department of Human Anatomy, School of Medicine, University of Nairobi,, 2011-04)BACKGROUND CONTEXT: Spinal tuberculosis (TB) accounts for more than half of all cases of skeletal TB. Although Kenya has one of the highest burdens of TB, data on spinal TB in this country remain scarce. PURPOSE: To ... -
Spiritual issues of people living and dying with advanced heart failure in Kenya: a qualitative serial interview study.
(University of Nairobi, 2016)BACKGROUND: Exploring patients' spiritual issues is vital for informing holistic care. The spiritual concerns of patients living and dying with advanced heart failure in sub-Saharan Africa remains unknown. Our aim was ... -
Splenectomy in kala-azar
(College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1984-09)At the beginning of the century, splenectomy was used in the treatment of kala-azar, but now is rarely needed, the major indication being for drug resistant kala-azar. Inadvertent splenectomy prior to the diagnosis of ... -
Splenic aspiration. Review of the literature
(1983)We present a review of the literature on splenic aspiration. The history, techniques, indications, contra-indications and complications, as reported in the literature are reviewed. The value of splenic aspiration in clinical ... -
Splenic aspiration; experience in Kenya.
(1983)We describe the technique of splenic aspiration in 113 patients presenting with splenomegaly. It was used initially to establish a diagnosis, and in those patients with kala azar, to follow the response of the parasites ... -
Split Thickness Skin Grafting In An Immunocompomised Patient At Kenyatta National Hospital
(University of NairobiDepartment of Human Anatomy, 2012-04)Partial thickness skin grafts have been reported to take poorly in the immunocompromised patients. We however present a 30 year old immunocompromised female patient with a chronic skin ulcer after surgical debridement for ... -
Split-thickness skin grafted stent for upper airway patency after medial maxillectomy.
(Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Newcastle General HospitalCollege of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1993) -
Spontaneous And Induced Abortions At Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya.
(University of NairobiCommunity Health ,School of Health Sciences, 1993-05) -
Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in cirrhotics: explosion of information.
(Department of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1993) -
Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis.
(2004)Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) is considered a bacterial infection of ascitic fluid without any intraabdominal, surgically treatable source of infection. Multiple variants of this infection with a different clinical ... -
Spontaneous evacuation of an oesophageal foreign body after failed thoracotomy - MEDICOM
(University of Nairobicollege of health science, 1998) -
Spontaneous evacuation of an oesophageal foreign body after failed thoracotomy - MEDICOM
(University of Nairobicollege of health science, 1999) -
Spontaneous evacuation of an oesophageal foreign body after failed thoracotomy - MEDICOM
(University of Nairobi,Department of surgery,, 1998) -
Spontaneous evacuation of an oesophageal foreign body after failed thoracotomy - MEDICOM
(University of NairobiCollege of Health science, 1998) -
A spontaneous massive pleural effusion
(Department of Anatomy, 2012)A 62-year-old male presented with a progressing 3-week history of respiratory distress, tachypnoea, right-sided chest stony dullness, and mediastinal shift to the left. He had no clinical, laboratory, or radiological ... -
Spontaneous occurrence of leptomonads in human bone marrow aspirate - case report
(University of Nairobi,Department of Public Health,University of Nairobi, 1983-04) -
Spontaneous occurrence of leptomonads in human bone marrow aspirate - case report.
(University of NairobiSchool of Medicine, 1983-04)