Sigmoid Volvulus: an alternative operation?

Article discribes how to treat sigmoid volvulus by fixation; application and retro-peritonealisation of the sigmoid colon

Sigmoid volvulus: an alternative operation?

Presents the activities of Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital in treating sigmoid volvulus

Early Malawian medical history

The medical history of Malawi from when David Livingstone and John Kirk first arrived in 1859 to the Livingstonia Mission founded by Yuriah Chirwa and Robert Laws. Other medical missions discussed are at Magomero - where John Dickinson became the first resident doctor in Malawi; Chikwawa; Cape Maclear - site of first operation in Central Africa; Bandawe - where first medical assistants were trained; Likoma Island; and Blantyre

The story of medicine and disease in Malawi: 130 years since Livingstone

A look at the history of medicine in Malawi from 1859 to present with emphasis of individual doctors and missions and specific diseases