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The effectiveness of Triclosan coated Polyglactin 910 in reducing surgical site infection in clean wounds
(KMA, 2-09)Background: Surgical site infection(SSI) is a major cause of morbidity, mortality and financial burden in healthcare. Worldwide it accounts for as much as USD 10 billion annually in direct and indirect medical cost.Many ... -
External root morphology of maxillary first premolars in Kenyan Africans
(Department of Community Oral Health, Kenya Medical Training CollegeDepartment of Paediatric Dentistry and OrthodonticsDepartment of Conservative and Prosthetic Dentistry, Faculty of Dental Sciences, University of Nairobi, 12-12-20)To determine the external root morphology of the maxillary first premolars in Kenyan Africans. : Maxillary first premolars were mostly two-rooted with straight roots. Males presented with two or three roots more often than ... -
Age Distribution And Seasonal Pattern Of Rotavirus Infection In Children In Kenya.
(University of NairobiSchool of medicine University of Nairobi, 184-09)PIP: The age distribution and seasonal pattern of rotavirus infection were investigated in infants and young children admitted with acute diarrhea at the Kenyatta National Hospital from December 1981 through June 1983. ... -
Anomalous Origin Of Left Testicular Artery From An Additional Renal Artery
(University of Nairobi,, 188)Gonadal arteries arising from additional renal arteries present an important variation that should be noted in order to avoid inadvertent injury to these vessels in renal hilar dissection and retroperitoneal surgery. ... -
Oesophageal variceal banding: report of the first eight cases in Kenya.
(University of NairobiCollege of Health Science, 199)Twenty variceal banding sessions were performed in eight patients between February 1995 and September 1996. A total of 69 rings were used to band the varices and at each session between two to six rings were used. Two of ... -
Cultivable vaginal Lactobacillus is not associated with fecundability in Kenyan women attempting to conceive
(University of Nairobi, 202-03)Objective: To examine the association between cultivable vaginal Lactobacillus and fecundability in Kenyan women attempting nonmedically assisted conception. Design: Prospective preconception cohort. Setting: Nairobi ... -
Reasons for Ineligibility in Phase 1 and 2A HIV Vaccine Clinical Trials at Kenya Aids Vaccine Initiative (KAVI), Kenya
(1/21/2011)Background: With the persistent challenges towards controlling the HIV epidemic, there is an ongoing need for research into HIV vaccines and drugs. Sub-Saharan African countries - worst affected by the HIV pandemic - have ... -
A case of ectopic ossification in the adductor magnus muscle
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Congenital anterior subluxation of the knee
(School of Medicine, University of Nairobi, 1954) -
Thyroidectomy and the recurrent laryngeal nerves.
(Medicine, University of Nairobi, 1956) -
Acute renal failure after aortography.
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Minor lobes of the right lung
(School of Medicine, University of Nairobi, 1957-01)No abstract available. -
The incidence of cervical rib in African patients
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Practical methods of minimizing the radiation risk
(School of Medicine, University of Nairobi, 1958) -
The radiological diagnosis of the acute pneumonia in children; a preliminary report
(School of Medicine, University of Nairobi, 1959-04)No abstract available. -
Lymphangiography in experimental animals.complications of ruptured amoebic liver abscess
(School of Medicine, University of Nairobi, 1959-05)No abstract available. -
Blood counts in relation to African x-ray staff
(School of Medicine, University of Nairobi, 1959-05)No abstract available. -
Two cases of ureteric tumour with unusual pyelographic findings.
(Medicine, University of Nairobi, 1960) -
Mycobacterial skin ulcers in Uganda
(School of Medicine, University of Nairobi, 1961)No abstract available.
