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Management of Dental Waste by Practitioners in Nairobi, Kenya.
(2005)
Dental wastes are material that has been utilized in dental clinics, which are no longer
wanted for use and therefore discarded. Improper disposal of these dental wastes can cause harm to the dentist, the people in immediate ...
Limb Saving Management in Osteosarcoma in Developing African Countries
(University Of Nairobi, 2008-03)
Osteosarcoma is still quite common in african countries. The disease which involves mostly poorer members of the community presents late. Treatment has been by amputation, chemotherapy and radiotherapy where amputation is ...
Prognosis in poorly differentiated carcinoma of the prostate in Nigerians
(1990)
A study of 47 Nigerian patients with prostatic carcinoma at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital revealed that 17(36.17%) had poorly differentiated carcinoma, Gleasons Grade VI. Fourteen patients (28.79%) had moderately ...
Orthopaedics in day surgery
(University Of Nairobi, 2009-01)
Background: Day surgery is now well established worldwide, but is just being established in Africa. In this paper is examined the efficacy of day care surgery in Orthopaedics. Setting up of the units and types of units ...
Orthopaedic training in Kenya
(2010-03)
Background: Orthopaedic training in Kenya, like in other East, Central and Southern Africa college of surgeons (COSECSA) countries is varied leading to specialists with varying exposures and competencies. The experience ...
Maxillofacial injuries caused by terrorist bomb attack in Nairobi, Kenya
(Elsevier Science Ltd, 2002)
Although military conflicts are common on the African continent, there is a paucity of data regarding bomb-blast injuries in this region and in Kenya in particular. This paper describes the pattern of maxillofacial injuries ...
Global Burden of Visual Impairment and Blindness
(2012-05)
Vision loss and age-related eye diseases are major global public health problems. The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (hereafter referred to as the GBD Study) was commissioned by the World Bank ...
The role of the company secretary in Corporate Governance in Kenyan listed Companies
(2012)
e role of company secretary has gained momentum in recent years more so in the
responsibility it bears in promoting corporate governance especially in the recent rise in
corporate scandals. This research study was aimed ...
Selection of direct posterior dental restoratives by dentists
(2009)
The aim of the study was to compare the selection of direct posterior restorative materials by dentists in Nairobi and determine the reasons for preference of indicated materials.
Oesign: A cross-sectional descriptive ...
Prevalence and characteristics of articular manifestations in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection
(2010)
Background: Articular manifestations have been reported in HIV infection with a prevalence ranging from 2.5 to 68%.
Objectives: To determine the prevalence, types and characteristics of articular manifestations in the ...