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Introduction of afterloading low dose-rate brachytherapy for cervical cancer in Kenya
(University of Nairobi., 1992-04)
The Amersham afterloading low dose-rate brachytherapy system for cervical cancer was introduced in Kenya in 1986. The long intrauterine and medium size vaginal applicators were the most frequently used. Complications were ...
Factors influencing early perinatal mortality in a rural district hospital
(University of Nairobi., 1992-04)
Early perinatal mortality (EPM) was prospectively analysed in a rural District Hospital during a 4 month period. 2,171 deliveries were recorded with an early perinatal mortality rate (EPMR) of 53/1000. Factors significantly ...
High-risk human papillomavirus types in cytologically normal cervical scrapes from Kenya
(University of Nairobi., 1992)
Seventy-seven women with normal cervical cytology on routine visit to a family planning clinic in Nairobi, Kenya, were analysed for genital human papillomavirus (HPV) types by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). We applied a ...
Abortion: knowledge and perceptions of adolescents in two districts in Kenya
(1999)
BACKGROUND: Pregnancy among adolescents is unplanned in many instances. Although some pregnant adolescents carry the pregnancy to term, abortion, in many instances unsafely induced, is a commonly sought solution in ...
Conservative surgery for vulvovaginal melanoma
(University of Nairobi., 1991)
22 cases of vulvovaginal melanoma seen in Umeă between 1963 and 1989 were retrospectively reviewed. According to FIGO, 11 were in Stage I, 6 in Stage II, 3 in Stage IV and 2 in Stage VI. Most patients received only ...
Abortion: behaviour of adolescents in two districts in Kenya
(1999)
BACKGROUND:
In Kenya the reported high rates of unwanted pregnancies (more than 90%), among adolescents have subsequently resulted in unsafely induced abortions with the associated high morbidity and mortality ...
Feto-maternal haemorrhage in Kenya.
(1990)
Six hundred and twenty antenatal, 40 post normal delivery 40 post caesarian section, 4 patients with placenta previa and 3 with fresh still section, 4 patients with placenta previa and 3 with fresh still births were ...
Knowledge and attitudinal study of Kenyan women in relation to cervical carcinoma
(1991)
Knowledge and attitude in relation to cervical carcinoma was studied in 85 cervical cancer patients and 177 matched controls. The mean age of the cases was 44.2 years and mean parity 6.5. The majority were illiterate. ...
Foetal and maternal outcome of vacuum extraction
(University of Nairobi., 1991-07)
In a prospective study, 167 vacuum extractions (VE) performed at the Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi, formed 6.3% of the total deliveries. Most patients were young and of low parity. There were no maternal deaths. The ...
Prognostic significance of flow cytometric and clinical variables in endometrial adenocarcinoma stages I and II
(University of Nairobi., 1992-06)
In a prospective study comprising 447 women with endometrial carcinoma stages I-II, the prognostic significance of clinical and flow cytometric variables was evaluated in univariate and multivariate analyses. The parameters ...