What You Need to Know About Kelina Hospital Abuja, Nigeria

The practice takes care of removal of impacted wax and foreign bodies from the ear, nose, and throat as well as management of nasal allergies, deafness, and vertigo (dizziness). 

Kelina hospital also does a variety of minor and immediate surgery including antrostomy for chronic sinusitis, adenotonsillectomy for children with difficult and noisy breathing as a result of airway obstruction from enlarged adenoids and tonsils.

Gynecology is that aspect of medicine that manages the diseases of the female reproductive tract. There are different subspecialties of gynecology.These include urogynecology, fertility, and oncology. 

Gynecological surgery can be an open surgery or minimal assess surgery. They include:

• myomectomy, total abdominal hysterectomy, 
• vaginal hysterectomy, 
• ovarian cystectomy, 
• marsupialization, 
• polypectomy, 
• laparoscopy and dye test,
• diagnostic hysteroscopy, 
• laparoscopic myomectomy, 
• laparoscopic total abdominal hysterectomy, 
• laparoscopically assisted vaginal hysterectomy, 
• laparoscopic ovarian hysterectomy, 
• laparoscopic adhesiolysis, 
• hysteroscopic myomectomy, 
• hysteroscopic adhesiolysis, 
• hysteroscopic polypectomy, 
• open and laparoscopic bilateral tubal ligation.

 Various methods of fertility control (contraception) are also handled by the gynaecologist. Fertility management is also a crucial aspect of gynaecology and is taking varied dimensions in present-day medicine. Assisted reproductive technology is an aspect of gynecologic practice that helps couples achieve conception when the natural method fails. 

The available methods include in-vitro fertilization and embryo transfer (IVF-ET), intrauterine insemination (IUI), intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), testicular sperm aspiration (TESA), ovulation induction and timed intercourse (TI). Screening for gynaecological cancers such as PAP smear for cervical cancer are available in the gynaecology department

The Dentist is available from 8 am to 5 pm Monday to Friday. Also available on the weekends for emergencies

The clinic has several types of equipment to back up the work of the Dentist, including Dental X-ray machine, Autoclave, Amalgamator and Curing Light.

The Dental Chair is automated and can store pictures of procedures before and after treatment.

The Clinic offers the following services:

• Tooth Whitening
• Dental surgery including tooth extraction, tooth coloured filling, crowns, and bridges, scaling and polishing
• Orthodontic treatment (braces)
• Dentures
• Preventive dental consultation.

Other services can be arranged by appointment.

The Paediatric Surgeon is responsible for treating most surgical problems in children and newborn babies. Some of these problems are also treated by the Urologist, Orthopaedic Surgeon, Neurosurgeon, or Plastic Surgeon. But the Paediatric Surgeon is primarily involved in most surgical problems affecting the newborn baby or young children. 

Children born with birth defects such as cleft lip or cleft palate, ectopia vesicae, anorectal anomalies (imperforate anus), oesophageal atresia and other congenital anomalies involving the alimentary tract, will require the services of the Paediatric Surgeon. 

Birth defects involving the heart, alimentary tract, reproductive system and urinary tract are very common. 

In older children, tumors or cancers involving the kidney (Wilm’s tumor) or other organs begin to show up. 

All surgical problems in children can be taken care of by the Paediatric Surgeon. The Paediatric Surgeon, however, shares some of these areas with the Orthopaedic Surgeon (talipes or clubfoot), the Urologist (hernias, genito-urinary defects or problems), the Cardiothoracic Surgeon (heart defects), the Neurosurgeon (defects involving the brain or spinal cord) and the Plastic Surgeon (musculoskeletal defects requiring changing the appearance or functionality of an organ).

Kelina Hospital offers General Surgical services delivered by well-trained surgeons with broad experience in the field. 

Some of kelina activities include breast disease management and breast cancer screening, endocrine surgery both open and laparoscopic, gastrointestinal surgical disease management both open and laparoscopic, endoscopic surgery ( balloon dilatation of strictures, polyps snaring, sclerosant injections, variceal banding as well as diagnostic upper and lower gastrointestinal endoscopy).

Kelina hospital also treats skin tumors, both benign and malignant and offer some plastic reconstruction of skin defects and ulcers. Also, Repair anterior abdominal wall hernias with natural tissue as well as the use of mesh reinforcement.