| dc.contributor.author | Oburra, H O | |
| dc.contributor.author | Idenya, M | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-04-30T11:28:53Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-04-30T11:28:53Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2001-07 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | East Africa Medical Journal. 2001Dec;78(7):338-42 | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11957254 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/18011 | |
| dc.description.abstract | OBJECTIVES:
To determine the frequency of adenotonsillectomy in a sample of Kenyan hospitals and to review indications, timing and complications in 97 cases of adenotonsillectomy done by the authors.
DESIGN:
Retrospective, descriptive study.
SETTING:
Kenyatta National, Nairobi, Aga Khan, Gertrude and Mater Hospitals.
RESULTS:
Adenotonsillectomy is the most frequent otolaryngologic surgical operation. Indications for surgery were upper airway obstruction in 61.3%, recurrent tonsillitis in 28.7% and both in 7.5%. Surgery was indicated during the acute stage in 6.8% of cases. There was one case of post-operative acute airway obstruction. Post operative bleeding from the tonsillar bed was encountered in 2.1% of cases.
CONCLUSION:
Adenotonsillectomy is the most common otolaryngologic surgical operation in our set-up. The low frequency of complications and a short hospital stay puts up a case for routine adenotonsillectomy as a day surgery procedure. | en |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.subject | Frequency | en |
| dc.subject | Adenotonsillectomy | en |
| dc.subject | Hospitals | en |
| dc.subject | Nairobi | en |
| dc.title | Frequency of adenotonsillectomy in some Nairobi hospitals | en |
| dc.type | Article | en |
| local.publisher | Department of Surgery, University of Nairobi | en |
