| dc.contributor.author | Njoroge, J K S | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-05-23T07:09:12Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-05-23T07:09:12Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2007 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Master of Science | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/11295/24620 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Intra articular fractures of the knee form a significant portion of patients with skeletal
injuries.They mainly occur in the economically productive young population which leads
to varied socio-economicimplications to the society.
The broad objective of this study was to determine the pattern of intra-articular
fractures of the knee and their management at Kenyatta National Hospital, the main
teaching and referral hospital in Kenya. The goal was to assess the trend in
management of these fractures and to provide data to health providers to improve
patients care and their outcome.
The study was conducted between zs" August 2006 and zs" February 2007 and was a
prospective cross-sectional study. A total of one hundred and one patients were
recruited into the study and were followed up in the wards during their treatment
period. Information about their demographic data, causes of injury and their pattern,
management and anatomical reduction as assessed through radiography was obtained,processed and analysed. | en |
| dc.description.sponsorship | University of Nairobi | en |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.title | A study of the pattern and management of intra-articular fractures of the knee as seen in Kenyatta national hospital | en |
| dc.type | Thesis | en |
| dc.description.department | a
Department of Psychiatry, University of Nairobi, ; bDepartment of Mental Health, School of Medicine,
Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya | |
