Background: Cervical cancer prevails as the fourth most common diagnosed female cancer worldwide and the first in incidence and mortality amongst diagnosed cancers in Tanzania. Pelvic radiation therapy including both ...

Background: Acquired benign anorectal disorders are common in the general population worldwide and largely underestimated in surgical practice. Few studies have been conducted globally to establish its prevalence and they ...

Background Bloodstream infections (BSI) are a significant cause of morbidity and mortality of children, especially in resource-limited settings. The objective of this study was to assess proportion of BSI, bacterial ...

Background: Upper Urinary tract obstruction is a common problem encountered by urologists, primary care physicians, and emergency medicine physicians. Percutaneous nephrostomy (PCN) is a widely used interventional procedure ...

Introduction: Xeroderma Pigmentosum (XP) is a rare hereditary disease of defective deoxyribonucleic acid repair defined by extreme sensitivity to sunlight, resulting in sunburn, pigment changes in the skin and a greatly ...

Sensorineural hearing loss has been found to decrease quality of life (QOL) as it basically compromises communication thus affecting multiple forms of social, emotional and physical function; such individuals are more ...

Background: Tanzania has been facing high rates of caesarean section with one of the commonest indication being prior caesarean section. A trial of labour after one caesarean has been advocated in order to reduce the ...

Background: Studying nutrition in cancer patients is a challenging task. Some of the issues brought by this subject were related to socioeconomic status of patient which influences access to food. Therefore, before one ...

Background: Nausea and Vomiting in Pregnancy (NVP) is the most common medical condition in pregnancy with a varying prevalence between countries. Although prescribed anti-emetics are used, the use of non-prescribed herbal ...

Background: Tracheostomy is a surgical procedure in which an incision is made on the anterior aspect of the neck allowing a direct airway through an incision into the trachea. It is a common intervention in alleviating ...