A5039108707- Global Health and Surgery
- Global Health Workforce Issues
- Delphi Technique in Research
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Diversity and Career in Medicine
- Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
- Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
- Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes
- Enhanced Recovery After Surgery
- Assisted Reproductive Technology and Twin Pregnancy
- Congenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery
- Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments
- Airway Management and Intubation Techniques
- Voice and Speech Disorders
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery
- Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics
Kenyatta University
2022-2023
Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education in Cancer
2022
University of Nairobi
2011
Abstract Injury to the recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) is an important but avoidable complication of thyroidectomy. This may be avoided by identification facilitated landmarks found along its course. The setting for this work Human Anatomy Laboratory University Nairobi. aim determine topographic relationship RLN with inferior thyroid artery (ITA), tubercle Zuckerkandl (TZ), and ligament Berry (LB) in a Kenyan population. between above was determined during dissection 146 right left lobes....
Academic global surgery is a rapidly growing field that aims to improve access safe surgical care worldwide. However, no universally accepted competencies exist inform this developing field. A consensus-based approach, with input from diverse group of experts, needed identify essential will lead standardization in task force was set up using snowball sampling recruit broad content and context experts perioperative care. draft revised through the modified Delphi process two rounds anonymous...
Background: The Bethesda System for Reporting Thyroid Cytopathology (TBSRTC) was developed to standardize the reporting of thyroid nodule fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) results. adoption TBSRTC is based on implied risk malignancy per category, but this has shown wide variation in different regions worldwide. Aim: aim study determine diagnostic accuracy classification nodules a Kenyan hospital. Methods: A retrospective longitudinal examined FNAC and histopathology data gland at...
Fetus-in-fetu is a rare congenital malformation in which vertebra fetus enclosed within the abdomen of normally developing fetus. The preoperative diagnosis challenging. Less than 200 cases are reported English literature, five Africa. Multiple fetuses-in-fetu less documented. We report three month old infant who presented with an abdominal mass and constipation taken to theatre teratoma. At operation, was case twin fetuses fetu blood supply from aorta left renal artery. Total excision...
Abstract Background The Global Initiative for Children's Surgery (GICS) group produced the Optimal Resources (OReCS) document in 2019, listing standards of children's surgical care by level healthcare facilities within low resource settings. We have previously created and piloted an audit tool based on OReCS criteria a high‐income setting. In this study, we aimed to validate its use identifying gaps surgery provision worldwide. Methods Our was implemented 10 hospitals providing across eight...