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These are accepted articles that have undergone enhancements such as addition of a cover page and

formatting for readability. This version will undergo additional copy-editing and typesetting before it is

published in its final form, but we are providing this version to give early visibility of the articles. 

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1. Diagnostic Challenges in Right Iliac Fossa Mass Caused by A Fish Bone: A Case Report

      Ahmad Ibrahim Yahaya, Ismail A.S. Burud, Jasiah Zakaria

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2. Utility of Ki67 in predicting response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in women with locally advanced breast cancer at the Kenyatta                      national hospital

      Mogere E.O, Githaiga J.W, Owilla F, Mungania M, Ojuka D.K

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3. A comparison between banana leaf dressing and Vaseline gauze dressing for split-thickness skin graft donor sites at a Ugandan hospital

      Naomi Leah Kekisa, George W. Galiwango, Andrew M Hodges

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4. Prepuce transillumination: A safety tool in forceps guided circumcision

      Maged Rihan

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5. Orthopaedic day case surgery in Nigeria: A single center experience

      Malizu Valentine, Lasebikan Omolade, Omoke Isaac

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6. Laparoscopic Assisted Appendectomy in Children with Uncomplicated Appendicitis: Our Experience in Bahrain

      Saeed Al Hindi, Husain Al Aradi, Mohamed Mubarak, Noor AlHashimi

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7. The prevalence of traumatic brain injury among trauma patients in Ethiopia: systematic review and meta-analysis

       Semagn Mekonnen Abate, Bedru Jemal Abafita, Tesfanew Bekele

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8. Spontaneous temporal lobe encephalocele within the sphenoid sinus: a case report

      Mohammed Dhaha, Abdelhafidh Sliman, Nadhir Karmeni, Sawsen Dhambri, Jalel Kallel

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9. Evaluation of double mesh modification of Chevrel’s technique in management of midline incisional hernia

     Hazem Nour, Hany Mohamed, Mohamed I Farid

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10. Potential of the Pentacam in screening for narrow angles in patients with Chronic Angle Closure Glaucoma

      Seth Lartey, Abdul-Kabir Mohammed, Emmanuel Appiagyei, Kojo O. Akuffo

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11. Orofacial infections: A retrospective study

      Kimathi Denis Mutwiri, Elizabeth Dimba, Bernard Mua Nzioka

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12. Partial inferior pubectomy in the delayed repair of pelvic fracture urethral injury: adopting bone-nibbling technique

      Ikenna Ifeanyi Nnabugwu, Fredrick Obiefuna Ugwumba, Anthony Alex Ilukwe

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13. Perforated appendix in a neonate: a review of literature and case report from northern Tanzania

       Lodhia Jay, Philemon Rune, Wapalila Daudi, Sadiq Adnan, Amsi Patrick, Msuya David, Herman Ayesiga

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14. Obstructed right upper moiety in a bilateral partial duplex renal system in an adult: a case report

       Solomon K Anyimbaa, Ikenna I Nnabugwua, Chinwe A Nnabugwub

 

15. Negative appendectomy rate in urban referral hospitals Tanzania: a cross sectional analysis of associated factors

      Masawa Klint Nyamuryekung’e, Ali Athar, Miten Ramesh Patel, Aidan Njau, Omar Sherman, Ahmed Jusabani, Ali Akbar Zehri

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16. Open tension-free mesh repair vs totally extraperitoneal laparoscopic repair of inguinoscrotal hernias

      Shazi Bhekithemba, Koto Modise, Osuagwu Chukwuemeka, Schoeman Hermanus

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17. Opportunities for Surgical Research in the COVID-19 pandemic era

      Patrick Kyamanywa

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18. Chylous Leakage Post Mastectomy And Axillary Dissection

      Mwongeli Matheka, Ronald Wasike

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19. Management and Complications of Nasal Septal Collections     

      Olusola Sogebi, Emmanuel Oyewole

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20. Clinical and Epidemiological Profile of Oral and Maxillofacial Trauma at Two Quaternary Hospitals in Mozambique in 2016

        Nádia Armindo Henriques Fortes , Prem Yohannan