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East and Central African Journal of Surgery
Association of Surgeons of East Africa and College of Surgeons of East Central and Southern Africa
ISSN: 1024-297X EISSN: 1024-297X
Vol. 19, No. 3, 2014, pp. 85-93
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Bioline Code: js14061
Full paper language: English
Document type: Research Article
Document available free of charge
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East and Central African Journal of Surgery, Vol. 19, No. 3, 2014, pp. 85-93
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Analysis of Soft Tissue Injuries and Scarring Following Terrorist Bomb Explosion at the American Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya.
Adungo, J.I.; Mutispo, V.M.; Ngugi, M.; Khainga, S.; Muoki, A. & Kimeu, M.
Abstract
Background: This retrospective observational descriptive study was aimed at determining
the pattern of soft tissue injuries and subsequent scars that followed the American Embassy
Terrorist Bomb Explosion in Nairobi.
Methods: The study was undertaken at Kenyatta National Teaching and Referral Hospital
(KNH), Nairobi. All patients attended to at KNH who were victims of the terrorist Bomb
Explosion at the American Embassy in Nairobi an.
Intervention: Conservative and operative intervention.
Main Outcome: Scarring.
Results: 1471 patients were treated at the Kenyatta National Hospital 646 in the first 24
hours and 825 in the screening and reconstructive periods. 54% were males. 83% were
treated and discharged. 71% were between the ages of 20 and 40 years. 73% of the
patients had soft tissue injuries mostly in the extremities. Abnormal scar formation was
the commonest complication of the injuries.
Keywords
bomb blast; injuries; scarring
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