The Department of Surgery is one of the leading surgical teaching institutes in East and Central Africa. With world-class faculty, residents and staff, state of the art facilities and a passion for teaching and research, we are at the forefront of surgical care in the region. The range of subspecialty services offered makes us the go to facility not just for patients but also for those seeking broad-based higher surgical qualifications. We are composed of multiple subspecialties covering the entire scope of practice such as General Surgery, Neurosurgery, Urology, Cardiac, Orthopaedic, Ophthalmology, Paediatric, Plastic Surgery as well as Ear, Nose, Throat, Head & Neck surgery. Our dedicated faculty and staff, advanced facilities and state-of-the-art technologies have earned Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi a great reputation as a leading medical institution and teaching hospital in and around Africa.​

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Submissions from 2011

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Conservative management of a high output enterocutaneous fistula in abdominal tuberculosis, S. M. Machoki, H. Saidi, and M. Ahmed

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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

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Cytological diagnosis of molluscum contagiosum with an unusual clinical presentation at an unusual site, Neeta Kumar, Patricia Okiro, and Ronald Wasike

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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

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The effectiveness of training nurses in breast cancer awareness at a tertiary hospital: an experimental study, Miriam Mutebi

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History of neurosurgery in Kenya, East Africa, Mubashir Mahmood Qureshi and David Oluoch-Olunya

Theses/Dissertations from 2009

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Outcome of chronic anal fissures treated with glyceryl trinitrate at Aga Khan University Hospital Nairobi, Ilkul H. Johnbosco

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The sandwich fellowship: a subspecialty training model for the developing world, Faazil Kassam, Karim F. Damji, Dan Kiage, Chris Carruthers, and Martin Kollmann

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Cancer of the penis: case report, D. K. Kiptoon, P. M. Ngugi, and F. S. Rana

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Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma risk factors In a Kenyan population: a case control study, Stanley M. Machoki

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Predictors of recurrence of urethral stricture disease following optical urethrotomy, Ali Akbar Zehri, M. H. Ather, and Q. Afshan

Submissions from 2008

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EFFICACY OF LIDOCAINE JELLY IN PREVENTION OF PROXIMAL MIGRATION OF URETERIC CALCULI DURING INTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY, Ather H, Ali Akbar Zehri, Siddiqui K., and Sulaiman N.

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Triple test assessment and a scoring system to predict the presence of breast cancer at Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi, Aideed A. Kahie

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Laser surgery for glaucoma, Daniel Kiage and Karim F. Damji

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Day care surgery at a new university teaching hospital: a review out of the Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi, Edwin Mogere

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Inguinal hernia repair at the Aga Khan Hospital, Nairobi: practice and preference discordance, Ronald Wasike and Abdulkarim Abdallah

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A randomized clinical trial of lidocaine jelly for prevention of inadvertent retrograde stone migration during pneumatic lithotripsy of ureteral stone, Ali Akbar Zehri, M Hammad Ather, Khurram M. Siddiqui, and M Nasir Sulaiman

Submissions from 2007

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Biliary tract obstruction in chronic pancreatitis, Abdallah Abdulkarim, Jake E. J. Krige, and Philippus C. Bornman

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MP-03.08: Predictors of blood transfusion in percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL), S. R. Biyabani, Ali Akbar Zehri, K. Siddiqui, and A. Memon

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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

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An unusual abdominal mass: case report, H. Saidi, U. Mohammed, and M. Machoki

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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

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Perforated Meckel's diverticulitis presenting as a mesenteric abscess: case report, Ronald Wasike and Hassan Saidi

Submissions from 2004

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Surgery in South Asia, Mushtaq Ahmed, Asad Raja, and Samiran Nundy

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Transatlantic divide in publication of content relevant to developing countries, Asad Raja and Peter A. Singer

Submissions from 2003

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Laparoscopic appendicectomy at the Aga Khan Hospital, Nairobi, S. C. Patel, G. F. Jumba, and S. Akmal

Submissions from 2000

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Laparoscopic cholecystectomy at the Aga Khan Hospital, Nairobi, S. C. Patel and J. R. Bhatt