| dc.contributor.author | Adungo, JI | |
| dc.contributor.author | Mutiso, VM | |
| dc.contributor.author | Ngugi, M | |
| dc.contributor.author | Khainga, SO | |
| dc.contributor.author | Muoki, A | |
| dc.contributor.author | Kimeu, M | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2015-01-28T07:42:11Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2015-01-28T07:42:11Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2014 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | East and Central African Journal of Surgery July/August. Vol 19, No 3 (2014) | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://www.ajol.info/index.php/ecajs/article/view/111919/101682 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11295/80102 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Background: This retrospective observational descriptive study was aimed at determining
the pattern of soft tissue injuries and subsequent scars that followed the American Embassy
Terrorist Bomb Explosion in Nairobi.
Methods: The study was undertaken at Kenyatta National Teaching and Referral Hospital
(KNH), Nairobi. All patients attended to at KNH who were victims of the terrorist Bomb
Explosion at the American Embassy in Nairobi an.
Intervention: Conservative and operative intervention.
Main Outcome: Scarring.
Results: 1471 patients were treated at the Kenyatta National Hospital 646 in the first 24
hours and 825 in the screening and reconstructive periods. 54% were males. 83% were
treated and discharged. 71% were between the ages of 20 and 40 years. 73% of the
patients had soft tissue injuries mostly in the extremities. Abnormal scar formation was
the commonest complication of the injuries. | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.subject | Bomb blast | en_US |
| dc.subject | Injuries | en_US |
| dc.subject | Scarring | en_US |
| dc.title | Analysis of Soft Tissue Injuries and Scarring Following Terrorist Bomb Explosion at the American Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya. | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |
| dc.type.material | en_US | en_US |
