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Lower limb amputations at the Kenyatta National Hospital,
(2007)
To determine the causes and pattern of lower limb amputations at the Kenyatta National Hospital.
Descriptive prospective study.
The Kenyatta National Hospital between July 2003 and June 2004.
A total of 77 lower limb ...
Treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia at Mater Hospital, Nairobi.
(2007)
OBJECTIVE:
To evaluate the use of medical therapy in the management of patients with mild, moderate and severe symptoms of benign prostatic hyperplasia.
DESIGN:
Prospective study.
SETTING:
Private urology clinic ...
Problems in diagnosing odontogenic myxoma
(2007)
Tumours and tumour-like growths arising from odontogenic tissues constitute a heterogenous group of lesions whose diagnosis can be particularly challenging on the part of both surgeons and pathologists. In children, these ...
Total Sialic acid (TSA) and Hanganutziu and Deicher (HD) antibody in malignant and healthy sera
(2007-05)
OBJECTIVE:
To determine the levels of both TSA and HD antibody in sera of patients with various malignancies and evaluate their potential role as diagnostic and/ or prognostic markers.
DESIGN:
Laboratory based ...
Early response to highly active antiretroviral therapy in HIV-1-infected Kenyan children.
(2007)
To describe the early response to World Health Organization (WHO)-recommended nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI)-based first-line highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in HIV-1-infected Kenyan ...
Graciloplasty" in treatment of recurrent complete rectal prolapse: case report
(2007-08)
Gracilis muscle flap was used to treat a seven year old boy with a one year history of recurrent rectal prolapse. Initial perineal surgery in form of Thiersch stitch resulted into failure to control rectal prolapse and ...
Reverse sural island flap in coverage of defects lower third of leg: a series of nine cases.
(2007-01)
The distally based sural island flap was first described by Masquelet, et al., in 1992. It is a skin island flap supplied by the vascular axis of the sural nerve. The aim of this paper is to demonstrate that it can be ...
A competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for determination of chloramphenicol.
(2007)
Chloramphenicol is a broad-spectrum antibiotic shown to have specific activity against a wide variety of organisms that are causative agents of several disease conditions in domestic animals. Chloramphenicol has been banned ...
Simultaneous open reduction and salter innominate osteotomy for developmental dysplasia of the hip
(2007-03)
Objective: To highlight the presence of this uncommon developmental disorder in our set up and show that simultaneous open reduction and salter innominate osteotomy can restore normal hip development
Design: Prospective ...
Chemotherapy induced myelosuppression
(2007-01)
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate chemotherapy induced myelosuppression, its management and outcome. DESIGN: Retrospective analysis of patients aged 13 years and above. SETTING: Hurlingham Oncology Clinic and the Nairobi Hospital ...