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Post-operative management of pain following major abdominal and thoracic operations.
(, 2000-06)
OBJECTIVE:
To study the common methods of analgesia and their effectiveness in post-operative patients and to assess the occurrence of common post-operative complications related to pain.
DESIGN:
A prospective descriptive ...
Evaluation and surgical treatment of solitary thyroid nodules.
(, 1995)
This is a prospective study based on 146 consecutive thyroidectomies over a two year period (July 1990 to June 1992). All patients with solitary thyroid nodules which were suspicious or equivocal on fine needle aspiration ...
Diagnostic peritoneal lavage in the evaluation of abdominal trauma using the dipstick
(2002-09)
OBJECTIVE:
To determine the accuracy and sensitivity of diagnostic peritoneal lavage in the assessment of intra-abdominal injury using the dipstick method.
DESIGN:
Prospective study, involving the performance of ...
Acute appendicitis: an overview.
(, 2000-03)
OBJECTIVE:
To provide an overview of the changing epidemiology of acute appendicitis in the developed and developing countries and the presumptive reasons.
DATA SOURCE:
Major published series of the last two decades ...
Treatment of thyroid cancer.
(, 1994-08)
The management of differentiated thyroid cancer remains controversial. A consecutive series of 234 thyroidectomies done by one surgeon in various Nairobi Hospitals from July 1990 to June 1993 were studied. 18 patients were ...
Wandering spleen presenting as a right hypochondrial mass and intestinal obstruction
(2002-08)
This is a case report of a 23 year old multiparous woman who presented with intestinal obstruction and a right hypochondrial mass. Laparatomy revealed an infarcted 1.4 Kg spleen in the right lumbar region compressing the ...
Current management of breast cancer.
(, 1996)