Submissions from 2021
A Continental Survey on the Impact of COVID-19 on Neurosurgical Training in Africa, Beverly Cheserem, Ignatius N. Esene, Muhammad Raji Mahmud, Kazadi Kalangu, Samuila Sanoussi, Aaron Musara, Nasser M. F. El-Ghandour, Graham Fieggen, and Mahmood Qureshi
State of Neurosurgical Education in Africa: A Narrative Review, Olaoluwa Ezekiel Dada, Claire Karekezi, Celestin Bilong Mbangtang, Edwin Samwel Chellunga, Thioub Mbaye, Landry Konan, Nourou Dine Adeniran Bankole, Katenga Dieu Merci Kabulo, Yao Christian Hugues Dokponou, and Beverly Cheserem
Effectiveness of Pain Control of Local Anaesthetic Wound Infusion Following Elective Midline Laparotomy: A Randomized Trial, David Gathege, Abdallah Abdulkarim, David Odaba, and Stanley Mugambi
The Impact of COVID-19 on Neurosurgical Services in Africa, Muhammad Raji Mahmud, Beverly Cheserem, Ignatius N. Esene, Kazadi Kalangu, Samuila Sanoussi, Aaron Musara, Nasser M.F. El-Ghandour, Graham Fieggen, and Mahmood Qureshi
Characteristics of Global Neurosurgery Sessions: A Retrospective Analysis of Major International Neurosurgical Conferences, Vaishnavi Sharma, Andre Boyke, Nathan A. Shlobin, Chibueze Nwagwu, Arsene Nyalundja, Myron Rolle, Beverly Cheserem, and Kee Park
Submissions from 2020
The changing trend of teleconsultations during COVID-19 era at a tertiary facility in Tanzania, Philip Adebayo, Ahmed Jusabani, Murtaza Mukhtar, and Ali Akbar Zehri
COVID-19 and stroke in sub-Saharan Africa: case series from Dar es Salaam, Philip Adebayo, Nadeem Kassam, Omar Aziz, Ahmed Jusabani, Samina Somji, and Mugisha Clement
The Breast Health Global Initiative 2018 Global Summit on Improving Breast Healthcare Through Resource‐Stratified Phased Implementation: Methods and overview, Catherine Duggan, Allison Dvaladze, Anne F. Rositch, Ophira Ginsburg, Cheng-Har Yip, Susan Horton, Rolando Camacho Rodriguez, Alexandru Eniu, Miriam Mutebi, and Jean-Marc Bourque
Retroperitoneal isolated enteric duplication cyst, Fariha Fazal and Patricia Okiro
Postoperative myocardial injury in a patient with left ureteric stone and asymptomatic COVID-19 disease, Nadeem Kassam, Omar Aziz, Ally Zain Ismail, Rodgers Swai, Samina Somji, Robert Mvungi, Mustaafa Bapumia, Ali Akbar Zehri, and Salim Surani
A case report on ascariasis and intestinal obstruction, Angela Migowa, Daniel Kiura, W. Kombe, and Stanley Mugambi
Breast cancer treatment: A phased approach to implementation, Miriam Mutebi, Benjamin O. Anderson, Catherine Duggan, Clement Adebamowo, Gaurav Agarwal, Zipporah Ali, Peter Bird, Jean-Marc Bourque, Rebecca DeBoer, and Luiz Henrique Gebrim
Innovative Use of mHealth and Clinical Technology for Oncology Clinical Trials in Africa, Miriam Mutebi, Rohini Bhatia, Omolola Salako, Fidel Rubagumya, Surbhi Grover, and Nazik Hammad
Engaging Patients for Clinical Trials in Africa: Patient-Centered Approaches, Miriam Mutebi, Dicey Scroggins, Virgil Simons, Naomi Ohene Oti, and Nazik Hammad
Phase I Study of Ramucirumab Plus Merestinib in Previously Treated Metastatic Colorectal Cancer: Safety, Preliminary Efficacy, and Pharmacokinetic Findings, Mansoor Saleh, Philippe A. Cassier, Lauriane Eberst, Gurudatta Naik, Van K. Morris, Shubham Pant, Catherine Terret, Ling Gao, Amanda Long, and Huzhang Mao
Inadvertent Stone Migration During Pneumatic Lithotripsy: Still a Conundrum in the 21st Century, Ali Akbar Zehri, Miten Patel, Philip Adebayo, and Authar Ali
Submissions from 2019
Cyto-histologic discordancy in patients undergoing thyroidectomy at Aga Khan University Hospital, Moses Barasa and Abdulkarim Abdallah
Global incidence of brain and spinal tumors by geographic region and income level based on cancer registry data, Joseph S. Bell, Robert M. Koffie, Abbas Rattani, Michael C. Dewan, Ronnie E. Baticulon, Mahmood Qureshi, Eka J. Wahjoepramono, Gail Rosseau, Kee Park, and Brian V. Nahed
Difficulties in diagnosis of Riedel's thyroiditis on aspiration cytology: A case report and brief review of the literature, Neeta Kumar, Ruchika Gupta, Shahin Sayed, Zahir Moloo, Sudhir Vinayak, and Mushtaq Ahmed
Experience in the Early Surgical Management of Myelomeningocele in Zanzibar, Andreas Leidinger, Jose Piquer, Eliana E. Kim, Hadia Nahonda, Mahmood Qureshi, and Paul H. Young
Upper Arm Disability after Axillary Surgery for Early Breast Cancer, Karen Mbaabu and Ronald Wasike
Africa rising: gendered journeys of women patients and providers, Miriam Mutebi
Assessing Executive Function in Adolescence: A Scoping Review of Existing Measures and Their Psychometric Robustness, Moses K. Nyongesa, Derrick Ssewanyana, Agnes M. Mutua, Esther Chongwo, Gaia Scerif, Charles R. J. C. Newton, and Amina Abubakar
Protective role of soluble adenylyl cyclase against reperfusion-induced injury of cardiac cells, Laura Rinaldi, Sofya Pozdniakova, Vignesh Jayarajan, Christian Troidl, Yaser Abdallah, Muhammad Aslam, and Yury Ladilov
Establishing Cohorts to Generate the Evidence Base to Reduce the Burden of Breast Cancer in Sub-Saharan Africa: Results From a Feasibility Study in Kenya, Sujha Subramanian, Robai Gakunga, Madeleine D. Jones, Asaph Kinyanjui, Emily' Ochieng, Nancy Gikaara, Florence Maluni, David Wata, Anne Korir, Miriam Mutebi, and Zipporah Ali
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
The causes and effects of attrition from Post-graduate residency programs at the Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi., Dennis Wamalwa
Submissions from 2017
Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy Pathology and 2-Year Postsurgical Recurrence of Breast Cancer in Kenyan Women, Nathan R. Brand, Ronald Wasike, Khalid Makhdomi, Rajendra Chauhan, Zahir Moloo, Samuel Gakinya, Alfred I. Neugut, Jo Anne Zujewski, and Shahin Sayed
Interventions to close the divide for women with breast and cervical cancer between low-income and middle-income countries and high-income countries, Lynette Denny, Silvia de Sanjose, Miriam Mutebi, Benjamin O. Anderson, Jane Kim, Jose Jeronimo, Rolando Herrero, Karen Yeates, Ophira Ginsburg, and Rengaswamy Sankaranarayanan
Patients’ Level of Knowledge and Perception of the Involvement of Post-Graduate Trainees in their Surgical Care at Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi., Jane Mugure Githae
The impact of the introduction of PECARN head CT rules on the utilisation of head CT scans in a private tertiary hospital in Sub-Saharan Africa, Isaac O. Kobe, Mahmood Qureshi, Saidi Hassan, and David Olunya
Immunohistochemical p21 expression in Breast Cancer: Association with patient and tumour characteristics, Benjamin N. Njihia
Validation of the Iief - 5 Questionnaire in a Clinic Population at Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi, Denis Otim
Being a Surgeon: The Ten Commandments, Asad Raja
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
Comparison of the prevalence and characteristics of inpatient adverse events using medical records review and incident reporting, William Macharia, Charles Muteshi, Sikolia Wanyonyi, Abraham Mukaindo, Ahmed Ismail, Herman Ekea, Abdallah Abdulkarim, John Tole, and Anthony Ngugi
Residents’ Perception on the Need for Clinical Leadership Training at The Aga Khan University, Nairobi, Lance Mayabi
Effect of Additional Lumbosacral Corset on the Outcome of Patients with Non-Specific Acute Low Back Pain at The Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi, Stanley Aruyaru Mwenda
Breast Camps for Awareness and Early Diagnosis of Breast Cancer in Countries With Limited Resources: A Multidisciplinary Model From Kenya, Shahin Sayed, Zahir Moloo, Anthony Ngugi, Amyn Allidina, Rose Ndumia, Anderson Mutuiri, Ronald Wasike, Charles Wahome, Mohamed Abdihakin, Riaz Kasmani, Carol D. Spears, Raymond Oigara, Elizabeth B. Mwachiro, Satya V.P. Busarla, Kibet Kibor, Abdulaziz Ahmed, Jonathan Wawire, Omar Sherman, Mansoor Saleh, Jo Anne Zujewski, and Sanford M. Dawsey
A Community-Oriented Approach to Breast Cancer in a Low-Resource Setting: Improving Awareness, Early Detection and Treatment of Breast Cancer in Tajikistan, Zohray Talib, Irina Shukurbekova, Guldarbogh Sadonshoeva, Alibek Alibekov, Nekruz Jamshedov, Zahir Moloo, Almas Welji, Farin Amersi, Aliya Amin Muhammad, Aliya Jiwani, Sheliza Rais, Akoyat Nazrishoeva, Surayo Ilnazarova, Shifo Nuridinova, Hafiza Ukani, Shireen Alwani, and Mansoor Saleh
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
Development of a guide by postgraduate residents on receiving feedback from faculty in the operating theatre at Aga Khan University Hospital, David Karuri Maina
Neurosurgery Education and Development program to treat hydrocephalus and to develop neurosurgery in Africa using mobile neuroendoscopic training, José Piquer, Mahmood Qureshi, Paul H. Young, and Robert J. Dempsey
Effect of a navigation program on patient return after an abnormal clinical breast cancer screening examination finding at Aga khan University Hospital, Nairobi, Esther Kemunto Riogi
The effectiveness of dexamethasone as an adjunct to surgery on satisfactory resolution of chronic subdural haematomas: a randomised control trial, Carnjini Yogeswaran Thambaiya
Submissions from 2014
New insights into paracrine mechanisms of human cardiac progenitor cells, Hagen Maxeiner, Nina Krehbiehl, Andrea Müller, Nadine Woitasky, Hakan Akintürk, Matthias Müller, Markus A. Weigand, Yaser Abdallah, Sascha Kasseckert, and Rolf Schreckenberg
The incidence of early upper extremity disability after axillary surgery in patients with early breast cancer, Karen Mbaabu
Surgical site infection rates in breast cancer surgery at a University hospital in Nairobi, Kenya, Andrew Nyangau Nyaoncha
Is breast cancer from Sub Saharan Africa truly receptor poor? Prevalence of ER/PR/HER2 in breast cancer from Kenya, Shahin Sayed, Zahir Moloo, Ronald Wasike, Peter Bird, Raymond Oigara, Dhirendra Govender, Joshua Kibera, Henri Carrara, and Mansoor Saleh
A double-blind randomized controlled trial comparing effectiveness of 0.2% topical nifedipine versus 0.2% topical glyceryl trinitrate in the treatment of chronic anal fissure, Mark Michael Wekundah Siboe
Surgical margin status after breast conservation surgery at Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi, Ronald Wasike and B. Riogi
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
The impact of introduction of the Canadian CT – head rule on the use of CT-scan on minor head injury patients at Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi, Ramadhani Omari Abdalla
Population-specific evolution of HIV Gag epitopes in genetically diverged patients, Syed H. Abidi, Aniqa Shahid, Laila S. Lakhani, Muhammad R. Khanani, Peter Ojwang, Nancy Okinda, Reena Shah, Farhat Abbas, Sarah Rowland-Jones, and Syed Ali
The second African Federation of neurological surgeons course in the East, Central, and Southern Africa region held in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, January 2011, J. F. Kahamba, A. B. Assey, R. J. Dempsey, M. M. Qureshi, and R. Härtl
Mobile endoscopy: a treatment and training model for childhood hydrocephalus, Qureshi M. M, Piquer J., and Young P. H.
The effectiveness of an abbreviated training program for health workers in breast cancer awareness: innovative strategies for resource constrained environments, Miriam Mutebi, Ronald Wasike, Ahmed Mushtaq, Aideed Kahie, and Stephen Ntoburi
Mechanisms involved in postconditioning protection of cardiomyocytes against acute reperfusion injury, Tayyab Shahzad, Sascha Andreas Kasseckert, Wisam Iraqi, Victoria Johnson, Rainer Schulz, Klaus-Dieter Schlüter, Oliver Dörr, Mariana Parahuleva, Christian Hamm, and Yaser Abdallah
Validation of the ottawa ankle rules at a tertiary teaching hospital: a cross-sectional study, Mark Karanja Tharao
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
The effect of use of a structured data collection form on the accuracy of diagnosing causes of acute abdominal pain, Winston Makanga
Impact of intracranial pressure monitoring on mortality in severe head injury at The Aga Khan University Hospital and The Nairobi Hospital, Abdirahaman N. Mohamed
Submissions from 2011
Medical education: meeting the challenge of implementing primary health care in sub-saharan Africa, Mushtaq Ahmed, Camer W. Vellani, and Alex Awiti
Type 10 adenylyl cyclase mediates mitochondrial Bax translocation and apoptosis of adult rat cardiomyocytes under simulated ischaemia/reperfusion, Avinash Appukuttan, Sascha A. Kasseckert, Mustafa Micoogullari, Jan-Paul Flacke, Sanjeev Kumar, Alexandra Woste, Yaser Abdallah, Lutz Pott, H. Peter Reusch, and Yury Ladilov
Gynaecomastia; management with liposuction and glandular excision, Stanley Ominde Khainga, Ronald Wasike, and P. K. Biribwa
Reduction of mammoplasty using inferior pedicle in heavy breasts (Macromastia)., Stanley Ominde Khainga, Ronald Wasike, and P. K. Biribwa
Addressing the challenges of practicing breast cytology in a tertiary teaching hospital in Kenya, Neeta Kumar, Shahin Sayed, Zahir Moloo, and Rajendra Chauhan
Conservative management of a high output enterocutaneous fistula in abdominal tuberculosis, S. M. Machoki, H. Saidi, and M. Ahmed
A randomized-controlled trial of steroid injection in the management of plantar fasciitis at the Aga Khan University Hospital, Abdi H. Mohamed
Submissions from 2010
cAMP/PKA antagonizes thrombin-induced inactivation of endothelial myosin light chain phosphatase: role of CPI-17, Muhammad Aslam, Frauke V. Härtel, Muhammad Arshad, Dursun Gündüz, Yaser Abdallah, Heinrich Sauer, Hans Michael Piper, and Thomas Noll
Cytological diagnosis of molluscum contagiosum with an unusual clinical presentation at an unusual site, Neeta Kumar, Patricia Okiro, and Ronald Wasike
A randomized controlled trial of the effect of additional ultrasound therapy to analgesia treatment protocol for acute low back pain at AKUH (N), Shamshudin Mohammedali
The effectiveness of training nurses in breast cancer awareness at a tertiary hospital: an experimental study, Miriam Mutebi
History of neurosurgery in Kenya, East Africa, Mubashir Mahmood Qureshi and David Oluoch-Olunya
Theses/Dissertations from 2009
Outcome of chronic anal fissures treated with glyceryl trinitrate at Aga Khan University Hospital Nairobi, Ilkul H. Johnbosco
The sandwich fellowship: a subspecialty training model for the developing world, Faazil Kassam, Karim F. Damji, Dan Kiage, Chris Carruthers, and Martin Kollmann
Cancer of the penis: case report, D. K. Kiptoon, P. M. Ngugi, and F. S. Rana
Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma risk factors In a Kenyan population: a case control study, Stanley M. Machoki
Theses/Dissertations from 2008
Triple test assessment and a scoring system to predict the presence of breast cancer at Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi, Aideed A. Kahie
Laser surgery for glaucoma, Daniel Kiage and Karim F. Damji
Day care surgery at a new university teaching hospital: a review out of the Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi, Edwin Mogere
Day care surgery at a new university teaching hospital: a review out of the Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi, Edwin Mogere
Inguinal hernia repair at the Aga Khan Hospital, Nairobi: practice and preference discordance, Ronald Wasike and Abdulkarim Abdallah
Submissions from 2007
Biliary tract obstruction in chronic pancreatitis, Abdallah Abdulkarim, Jake E. J. Krige, and Philippus C. Bornman
Reverse sural island flap in coverage of defects lower third of leg: a series of nine cases, S. O. Khainga, B. Githae, V. M. Mutiso, and Ronald Wasike
An unusual abdominal mass: case report, H. Saidi, U. Mohammed, and M. Machoki
Descriptive case series of patients presenting with cancer of the prostate and their management at Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi, Ronald Wasike and George Magoha
Submissions from 2006
Insulin protects cardiomyocytes against reoxygenation-induced hypercontracture by a survival pathway targeting SR Ca2+ storage, Yaser Abdallah, Anna Gkatzoflia, Dragan Gligorievski, Sascha Kasseckert, Gerhild Euler, Klaus-Dieter Schlüter, Matthias Schäfer, Hans-Michael Piper, and Claudia Schäfer
The sarcoplasmic reticulum as the primary target of reperfusion protection, Hans Michael Piper, Sascha Kasseckert, and Yaser Abdallah
Perforated Meckel's diverticulitis presenting as a mesenteric abscess: case report, Ronald Wasike and Hassan Saidi
Submissions from 2004
Surgery in South Asia, Mushtaq Ahmed, Asad Raja, and Samiran Nundy
Transatlantic divide in publication of content relevant to developing countries, Asad Raja and Peter A. Singer
Submissions from 2003
Laparoscopic appendicectomy at the Aga Khan Hospital, Nairobi, S. C. Patel, G. F. Jumba, and S. Akmal
Submissions from 2000
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy at the Aga Khan Hospital, Nairobi, S. C. Patel and J. R. Bhatt