Location information
Hospital address
Kenyatta National Hospital P.O Box 20723-00202 Nairobi Nairobi +254 Kenya
Hospital type
Public University-affiliated
Hospital description
National Specialist Hospital
Hospital website
This is a teaching hospital
Description
Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) is the largest teaching and referral hospital in Kenya and East Africa. KNH is a State Corporation since 1987. KNH has 50 wards, 22 out-patient clinics, 24 theaters (16 specialized) and Accident & Emergency Department with over 6000 staff members. Out of the total bed capacity of 1800, 209 beds are for the Private Wing. It has over 6,000 staff members and Accident & Emergency Department.
One of the main challenges is number of patients ever increasing requiring current treatment modalities such as for minimum invasive surgery, due to lack of facilities and absence of local training .
Member information
Name
Lawrence Kioko
Member type
Clinical department
Specialty
General Surgeon
Subspecialties
- Breast
- Burns
- Colorectal
- Endocrine
- Gastrointestinal
- Hepatobiliary
- Surgical oncology
- Trauma and critical Care
- Transplant
Languages spoken
- English
- Swahili
Conditions treated
- Breast
- Benign breast disease
- Malignant breast disease
- Breast infections
- Burns
- Acute burn care
- Inhalation injury
- Gastrointestinal
- Volvulus
- Bowel Obstruction (parasitic, adhesive, mass)
- Benign polyps
- Malignant disease– colon, rectal, anal, carcinoids
- Inflammatory bowel disease
- Diverticular disease
- Appendicitis
- Anal disease: Hemorrhoids, fissures, fistulae, prolapse
- Incontinence
- Stomas – colostomies / ileostomies
- GI bleeds
- Endocrine
- Thyroid/parathyroid
- Adrenal
- Pituitary
- Parotid
- Pancreas
- Hepatobiliary
- Liver disease benign
- Liver tumors malignant
- Cholelithiasis/choledocholithiasis
- Pancreatic tumors benign
- Pancreatic tumors malignant
- Pancreatic pseudocyst
- Paediatric
- Tracheo-esophageal fistula
- Newborn intestinal atresias
- Ano-rectal malformations
- Tumors (Wilms’, neuroblastoma, hepatoblastoma)
- Abdominal wall defects (gastroschisis, omphalocoele)
- Biliary atresia/choledochal cysts
- Trauma and Critical Care
- Ventilator management
- Total parenteral nutrition management
- Transplant
- Liver
- Kidney
- Heart
- Intestine
- Vascular
- A-V fistula for dialysis
- Lymphatic disease
- Ability to do the following procedures
- Colonoscopy
- Ultrasound or CT-guided drain placement
- Ultrasound or CT-guided needle biopsy
- Frozen section pathology
- Sentinal lymph node biopsy
Equipment used
- Minimally invasive surgery (MIS)
- Natural orifice surgery
- Single port surgery
- Other energy sealing devices
- Wound protectors
- Straight stapling devices
- End-to-end anastomosis (EEA) circular stapler
- Vacuum assisted closure device
- Temporary abdominal wound closure
- Synthetic or biologic patches/mesh
- Balloon catheters
- Dermatome
- Gastroschisis springloaded silos
- Stimulator for anorectal malformation (ARM) procedures
- CT
- MRI
- Ultrasound
- Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma (FAST)
- Central venous catheters
- Total parental nutrition (TPN)
- Chemotherapy
- Radiation