2024
Assessing interventional radiology specialty knowledge and perception amongst Tanzanian medical students before and after exposure to an immersive curriculum
Alswang J, Musa B, Fawzy N, Ahmad B, Mbuguje E, Naif A, Ashrafian H, Laage Gaupp F, Ramalingam V, Shaygi B. Assessing interventional radiology specialty knowledge and perception amongst Tanzanian medical students before and after exposure to an immersive curriculum. Clinical Radiology 2024, 79: e1081-e1087. PMID: 38824041, DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2024.04.020.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2023
Comparative Analysis of Percutaneous Drainage versus Operative Drainage of Intra-Abdominal Abscesses in a Resource-Limited Setting: The Tanzanian Experience
Ukweh O, Alswang J, Iya-Benson J, Naif A, Chan S, Laage-Gaupp F, Asch M, Ramalingam V. Comparative Analysis of Percutaneous Drainage versus Operative Drainage of Intra-Abdominal Abscesses in a Resource-Limited Setting: The Tanzanian Experience. Annals Of Global Health 2023, 89: 35. PMID: 37273489, PMCID: PMC10237249, DOI: 10.5334/aogh.4070.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntra-abdominal abscessPercutaneous abscess drainageSurgical abscess drainageNational Referral HospitalTechnical success rateAbscess drainageInterventional radiologyImage-guided percutaneous abscess drainageRetrospective cohort studyHigh technical successStandard of careSuccess rateManual chart reviewResource limited settingsResource-limited settingsChart reviewCohort studyComplication rateOperative drainagePercutaneous drainageReferral hospitalClinical outcomesProcedural dataPAD groupTechnical success
2022
Establishment of a Percutaneous Nephrostomy Service to Treat Obstructive Uropathy Secondary to Cervical Cancer in Tanzania
Rukundo I, Mbuguje E, Naif A, Patel M, Laage-Gaupp F, Asch M, Ramalingam V. Establishment of a Percutaneous Nephrostomy Service to Treat Obstructive Uropathy Secondary to Cervical Cancer in Tanzania. The Arab Journal Of Interventional Radiology 2022, 06: 033-036. DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1744507.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLate-stage cervical cancerCervical cancerDays postprocedureNephrostomy placementOcean Road Cancer InstituteTechnical success rateCervical cancer mortalityMuhimbili National HospitalPercutaneous nephrostomy placementBackground Cervical cancerResource-limited countriesLate-stage cancerResearch Electronic Data CaptureResource-limited settingsQuaternary hospitalChemoradiation therapyObstructive uropathyClinical benefitDays postinterventionPercutaneous nephrostomyRetrospective studyBenefits patientsCancer mortalityNational HospitalCommon cancer
2019
Tanzania IR Initiative: Training the First Generation of Interventional Radiologists
Laage Gaupp FM, Solomon N, Rukundo I, Naif AA, Mbuguje EM, Gonchigar A, Xing M, Prologo JD, Silin DD, Minja FJ. Tanzania IR Initiative: Training the First Generation of Interventional Radiologists. Journal Of Vascular And Interventional Radiology 2019, 30: 2036-2040. PMID: 31668662, DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2019.08.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInterventional radiologistsSingle interventional radiologistResource-limited settingsDisposable equipmentTraining opportunitiesNurses