====== Kenyatta National Hospital ======


Section of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, Aga Khan University Hospital, [[Nairobi]], Kenya;


Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi

Olouch-Olunya D

Qureshi M

Kiboi JG


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2: Kaur LP, Munyiri NJ, Dismus WV. Clinical analysis of aqueductal stenosis in
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3: Mwita CC, Muthoka J, Maina S, Mulingwa P, Gwer S. Early management of
traumatic brain injury in a Tertiary hospital in Central Kenya: A clinical audit.
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4: Piquer J, Qureshi MM, Young PH, Dempsey RJ. Neurosurgery Education and
Development program to treat hydrocephalus and to develop neurosurgery in Africa 
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5: Kiboi JG, Kitunguu PK, Angwenyi P, Mbuthia F, Sagina LS. Predictors of
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6: Qureshi MM, Oluoch-Olunya D. History of neurosurgery in Kenya, East Africa.
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PMID: 20849774.


7: Mwachaka PM, Obonyo NG, Mutiso BK, Ranketi S, Mwang'ombe N.
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8: Okoth PA. Neurological manifestations following partial excision in spinal
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9: Wanyoike PK, Qureshi MM. Schistosoma mansoni of the conus medularis: case
report. East Afr Med J. 2004 May;81(5):271-3. PubMed PMID: 15508344.


10: Wanyoike PK. Posterior cranial fossa tumours in children at Kenyatta National
Hospital, Nairobi. East Afr Med J. 2004 May;81(5):258-60. PubMed PMID: 15508341.


11: Mwang'ombe NJ, Omulo T. Ventriculoperitoneal shunt surgery and shunt
infections in children with non-tumour hydrocephalus at the Kenyatta National
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12: Egziabher TG, Ruminjo JK, Sekadde-Kigondu C. Pain relief using paracervical
block in patients undergoing manual vacuum aspiration of uterus. East Afr Med J. 
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Neurosurgery, in one form or another, has a long tradition in [[Kenya]]. Early skull [[trepanation]]s in Kenya were reported by previous studies, which reveal that these procedures have a long tradition, being passed down from generation to generation. Modern neurosurgical development in [[Kenya]] has its origins in the late [[1940]]s when the first [[elective]] [[neurosurgical procedure]]s were performed by Dr. J. F. Jarvis, Chief of Head and Neck Surgery at the now [[Kenyatta National Hospital]], when he operated on anterior [[encephalocele]]s, and later also performed anterior [[third ventriculostomy]] for [[hydrocephalus]]. Formal neurosurgery developed from these initial steps, with the arrival of the first trained specialist, Dr. [[Renato Ruberti]], whose pioneering efforts resulted in the founding of the Neurological Society of Kenya (NSK), the Pan African Association of Neurological Sciences (PAANS), and the [[African Federation of Neurosurgical Societies]] (AFNS). The last quarter of the 20th century has seen the progress of neurosurgery reach its present respectable levels, with dedicated and well-trained Kenyan neurosurgical specialists focusing not only on its practice but diligently pursuing its development
((Qureshi MM, Oluoch-Olunya D. History of neurosurgery in Kenya, East Africa.
World Neurosurg. 2010 Apr;73(4):261-3. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2010.02.014. PubMed
PMID: 20849774.
)).