title: Surgery of the oesophagus: a Nairobi experience.
abstract: On average, for every 100 patients with malignant dysphagia admitted into the Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) in Nairobi, 28 will have their tumour resected. Seven in the tumour resected group will die during the postoperative period while there will be 12 deaths occurring in patients before surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, Kenya.
authors.forename: S W
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Ogendo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D003680:Deglutition Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D004945:Esophagoscopy; D005260:Female; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006801:Humans; D007630:Kenya / Q000453:epidemiology; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000639:trends; D011379:Prognosis; D011446:Prospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome