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    • Transoral Retrieval of a displaced mandibular tooth in the Parapharyngeal space: A patient with unusual clinical findings. 

      Fawzia, Butt; Guthua, SW; Edalia, B (University of Nairobi, 2013)
      Accidental displacement of the lower third molar is a fairly rare complication, but may cause tissue injury and considerable functional incapacitation when it occurs. We report this particular case to remind clinicians on ...

    • Transperineal Trucut needle biopsy of the prostate: A prospective Study 

      Magoha, G A (Department of Surgery, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi., 1990-12)
      A prospective study involving ninety (90) transperineal TruCut Tm needle biopsies of the prostate in eighty (80) patients has revealed that the repeated use of this needle until it becomes ineffective does not affect its ...

    • Transsexual surgery: a case of true gender dysphoria 

      Ndirangu, K (Department of Surgery, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1993)
      A 28 year old male was screened, investigated and diagnosed as a case of true gender dysphoria. Subsequently he was operated and transsexual surgery successfully carried out. Four years after surgery, the patient has been ...

    • Trauma deaths outside the hospital: Uncovering the typology in the Kenyan Capital 

      Saidi, H; Mutiso, B (University of NairobiFaculty of medicine, 1998)
      BACKGROUND: Immediate trauma fatality is not amenable to trauma care and primary prevention is the key. The published profiles of deaths due to trauma differ in different regions. Injury mortality rates are higher in ...

    • Trauma, grief and depression in Nairobi children after the 1998 bombing of the American Embassy. 

      Pfefferbaum, B; North, CS; Doughty, DE; Pfefferbaum, RL; Dumont, CE; Pynoos, RS; Gurwitch, RH; Ndetei, David M. (University of NairobiCollege of Health Science, 2006-07)
      Despite the increasingly dangerous world where trauma and loss are common, relatively few studies have explored traumatic grief in children. The 1998 American Embassy bombing in Nairobi, Kenya, provided an unfortunate ...

    • Traumatic and idiopathic – cause, clinical manifestations and management 

      Awange, DO (University of NairobiSchool of Dental Sciences, 2003)

    • Traumatic dental injuries in normal and handicapped children in Nairobi, Kenya. 

      Ohito, FA; Opinya Gladys N.; Wang'ombe, J (Department of Dental Surgery, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, Kenya., 1992)
      Two thousand, seven hundred and ninety one normal and handicapped children aged 5-15 years were examined for traumatic dental injuries. Twelve percent had traumatised teeth while three percent had soft tissue injuries. ...

    • Traumatic dental injuries to permanent anterior teeth in 12-15 year old children in Nairobi 

      Muasya, MK; Ng’ang’a, PM; Opinya, GN; Macigo, FG (University of NairobiFaculty of medicine, 2013)
      Objective: To determine the prevalence and pattern of occurrence of traumatic injuries to permanent anterior teeth. Design: A descriptive cross-sectional survey. Setting: Public primary schools in the City of Nairobi. Subjects: ...

    • Traumatic endophthalmitis presenting as isolated retinal vasculitis and white-centered hemorrhages: Case report and review of literature 

      Relhan N, Jalali S, Nalamada S, Dave V, Mathai A. (University of NairobiDepartment of Psychiatry, 2012-07)
      The article reports a case and review of the literature of endophthalmitis presenting as isolated retinal vasculitis. A 26-year-old male was observed to have white-centered retinal hemorrhages and retinal vasculitis following ...

    • Traumatic Experiences of Kenyan Secondry School Students 

      Ndetei David M.; Ongecha-owuor, FA; Khasakhala, LI; Mutiso, VN; Odhiambo, G; Kokonya, DA (University of NairobiDepartment Of Psychiatry, 2007)
      Background: There is no information on the socio-demographic variations and determinants of Trauma and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in Kenyan adolescents. Objectives: To describe the traumatic experiences of ...

    • Traumatic experiences, posttraumatic stress symptoms, depression, and health-risk behavior in relation to injury among University of Nairobi students in Kenya. 

      Othieno, CJ; Okoth, R; Peltzer, K; Pengpid, S; Malla, LO (University of Nairobi, 2015)
      OBJECTIVE: To describe the prevalence and types of injuries in relation to traumatic experiences, posttraumatic stress symptoms, depression, and health-risk behaviors among university students in Kenya. METHOD: A ...

    • Traumatic fistula resulting from sexual violence: a case study in Kenya 

      Khisa, Weston; Kamau, Reuben (University of NairobiFaculty of medicine, 2011-10-21)
      Gender-based violence is any violence that exploits distinctions between individuals of different sexes. Sexual violence in the form of rape or mass rape is traumatic for the victim but can have significant physical ...

    • Traumatic grief in Kenyan bereaved parents following the Kyanguli School fire tragedy 

      Ndetei David M.; OTHIENO, CALEB J.; GAKINYA, BENSON; NDUMBU, ABLE; OMAR, ALI; KOKONYA, DONALD A.; ONGECHA, FRANCISCA A.; MUTISO, VICTORIA; OKETCH, VIOLET; MWANGI, JUDY (1 Department of Psychiatry, University of Nairobi,2 African Medical Research Foundation, 2004-02)
      Following the death of 67 boys in a fire tragedy at Kyanguli School in rural Kenya, the level of traumatic grief was assessed in a sample of 164 parents and guardians whose sons died in the fire. The study was cross-sectional. ...

    • Traumatic near amputation secondary to hippopotamus attack: lessons for surgeons. 

      Drake, FT; Quiroga, E; Kariuki, HW; Shisanya, KA; Hotchkiss, MP; Monroe-Wise, A; Drake, JK; Mburu, J; Farquhar, C; Flum, DR (University of Nairobi, 2013-11)
      A 34-y-old man presented to Naivasha District Hospital (NDH) in Naivasha Town, Kenya, with near-complete below-knee amputation and hemorrhage after a hippopotamus attack. Residents from the University of Washington (UW), ...

    • Traumatic pneumatoceles of the lung. apropos of a case. 

      Morales R.; Bessonnat JF.; Pucheu HJ.; Boscagli G.; Gontier Christopher Stuart. (Department of Human Pathology, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1983)
      Pneumatocele, a special form of lung injury, is characterized by intrathoracic images of cavities detected on X-ray films. These cavities develop immediately after a trauma of the thorax, disappear rapidly and have a ...

    • Travellers 

      Wamola, Isaac A; Sack, DA; Slack, RCB (University of Nairobi, 1977)
      No abstract.

    • Treatable factors associated with severe anaemia in adults admitted to medical wards in Blantyre, Malawi, an area of high HIV seroprevalence. 

      Lewis, DK; Whitty, CJ; Walsh, AL; Epino, H; Broek, NR; Letsky, EA; Munthali, C; Mukiibi, JM; Boeree, MJ (University of NairobiFaculty of medicine, 2005-08)
      Severe anaemia is a common presentation in non-pregnant adults admitted to hospital in southern Africa. Standard syndromic treatment based on data from the pre-HIV era is for iron deficiency, worms and malaria. We prospectively ...

    • Treating bleeding peptic ulcer with sustained achlorhydria 

      Arora, A; Tandon, RK; Acharya, KS; Tandon, BN (Department of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1991)
      A controlled randomized study and a subsequent prospective therapeutic trial have demonstrated the efficacy of an intensive therapy comprising hourly intravenous injections of 100 mg of cimetidine along with a continuous ...

    • Treating chancroid with enoxacin 

      Naamara, W; Kunimoto, DY; D'Costa, LJ; Ndinya-Achola, JO; Nsanze, H; Ronald ., AR; Plummer, FA (Centre for Microbiology Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, 1988)
      Increasing resistance of Haemophilus ducreyi to antimicrobials necessitates further trials of new antimicrobial agents for treating chancroid. Enoxacin has excellent in vitro activity against H ducreyi, and a randomised ...

    • Treatment and Outcome of Herniated intervertebral Disk in A Referral Hospital in Kenya 

      Gakuu, L N; Bundi, P K; Ogeng'o, Julius A; Ongeti, K W (University of NairobiDepartment of Human Anatomy, 2009)
      Background: Prolapsed lumbar intervertebral disk (PID) disease can be managed conservatively or surgically with different outcomes. Objective: The present study aimed at assessing the management and outcomes of slipped ...