Compressive lessions of the spinal cord in kenya as seen and treated in the neurosurgical department in kenyatta national hospital,

Abstract

The results of a retrospective study of 100 patients with

proven compressive spinal cord lesions, operated on in the Neurosurgical

Unit at Kenyatta Nctioncl Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya, between

January 1981 to December 1984 are presented.

The mode of presentation, the results of various investigations, the findings at surgery, and the results of surgery together with the histological diagnosis are presented.

The diagnostic yield of clinical, radiological, surgical methods and histology are evaluated e . A detailed list of compressive cord lesions found in this study is presented and compared and contrasted with similar studies from :other tropical and non tropical countries.