James Kigera

ORCID: 0000-0001-5312-9156
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Research Areas
  • Climate Change and Health Impacts
  • Travel-related health issues
  • COVID-19 impact on air quality
  • Global Health Care Issues
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Global Health and Surgery
  • Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Health, psychology, and well-being
  • Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
  • Climate Change and Geoengineering
  • Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation
  • Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education
  • Thermal Regulation in Medicine
  • Health and Medical Research Impacts
  • Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty
  • Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes
  • Sports injuries and prevention
  • Orthopedic Infections and Treatments
  • Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders
  • Academic Publishing and Open Access
  • Emergency and Acute Care Studies
  • Estrogen and related hormone effects
  • Hip disorders and treatments
  • Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques

Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals
2024

University of Nairobi
2016-2024

University of Kinshasa
2024

Mali-Folkecenter
2024

University of Exeter
2022-2023

The Langton Grammar School for Boys
2023

Health Affairs
2022

University of Winchester
2022

World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean
2022

Amref Health Africa
2022

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10.4314/aas.v22i1.1 article EN cc-by Annals of African Surgery 2025-02-19

Introduction The Palmaris longus, one of the most variable muscles in body both flexes wrist and tenses palmar fascia. It is used by surgeons as a source tendon graft racial differences its variation have been documented. We sought to determine frequency absence longus an East African population. Methods A prospective study was conducted using ten common clinical tests among patients students large teaching hospital Africa presence longus. Results overall rate 4.4% with unilateral at 3.3%...

10.1371/journal.pone.0028997 article EN cc-by PLoS ONE 2011-12-13

Wealthy nations must step up support for Africa and vulnerable countries in addressing past, present future impacts of climate change.The 2022 report the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) paints a dark picture life earth, characterised by ecosystem collapse, species extinction, hazards such as heatwaves floods [1].These are all linked to physical mental health problems, with direct indirect consequences increased morbidity mortality.To avoid these catastrophic effects across...

10.1515/tjb-2022-2362 article EN cc-by Turkish Journal of Biochemistry 2022-10-01

Background: Transverse foramina are canals in cervical transverse processes transmitting the vertebral vessels and accompanying sympathetic plexus. These exhibit side, sex population specific variations such as those of size, shape number. Knowledge these is important for surgical procedures prediction artery variations. Objective: To describe morphology morphometry an adult Kenyan population. Methods: Ninety-four neck CT scan images 2 mm slice thickness axial view were used to assess...

10.4314/ahs.v24i2.38 article EN African Health Sciences 2024-07-11

Introduction: The research output in surgical branches such as orthopedics and sports medicine (OSM) is meager from Africa, considering the population high burden of health-related problems. We conducted this study to analyze trend publications OSM African countries compared it with other specialities. Methods: used SCOPUS data Scimago Journal & Country Rank website, allows us draw substantial journal metrics for research. Results: During past three decades (between 1996 2022), Africa’s...

10.4314/aas.v21i1.1 article EN cc-by Annals of African Surgery 2024-07-23

Background Trauma is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in Africa. Bodabodas are main form transport Kampala becoming major road traffic crashes. We examined the pattern injuries attributed to bodabodas. Patients Methods retrospectively reviewed charts all trauma patients who presented between June August 2008 emergency ward Mulago hospital identified patient characteristics nature sustained. Results Road Traffic Crashes (RTC’s) were bodabodas involved 41% patients. Majority young...

10.4314/aas.v5i1.53705 article EN cc-by Annals of African Surgery 2010-04-16

Knowledge of the morphological variations anterior clinoid process is pertinent during clinoidectomy to prevent injury adjacent neurovascular structures as well in interpretation skull base radiographs. Fifty-one open crania (102 processes) were obtained from Departments Human Anatomy three Kenyan Universities. Caroticoclinoid foramen was present nine (17.6%) out 51 skulls studied. Of 9 skulls, 2 had bilateral complete foramina while remaining 7 unilateral foramina, all on left side. The...

10.4314/aja.v7i1.169486 article EN Anatomy Journal of Africa 2018-04-11

The 2022 report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) paints a dark picture future life earth, characterised by ecosystem collapse, species extinction, and climate hazards such as heatwaves floods (1). These are all linked to physical mental health problems, with direct indirect consequences increased morbidity mortality.COP27 is fifth Conference Parties (COP) be organised in Africa since its inception 1995. Ahead this meeting, we—as journal editors from across...

10.51782/jfmo.v6i2.170 article EN cc-by-nc-nd Journal de la faculté de médecine d Oran 2023-01-03
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