Research objectives: The purpose of this study is to analyze the story Oghuz Khan, situated at beginning Kadyr Ali-bek’s Chinggisnāma; compare narrative with Reşidüddin’s Oghuznāma, which main source work, and other variants Oghuznāma in order reveal similarities original features. materials: sources used mainly consist work based on Kazan manuscript various Oghuznama carrying Islamic motifs. i...

The article is devoted to topical issues of the early ethnic history Kyrgyz, which were covered in Chinese chronicles Tang era. Historiographic data on Kyrgyz this period are compared with individual elements plot epic "Manas", central theme forcible resettlement tribes from Tien Shan and Ala-Too territories Altai distant Northeastern lands. According storyline, after birth Manas his election a...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate our experience of laparoscopic cholecystectomies at the Aga Khan Hospital, Nairobi over a three-year period from the inception of the technique, and to assess its value and advantages to the patients. DESIGN A prospective case series study. SETTING The Aga Khan Hospital, Nairobi. PATIENTS One hundred and thirty five cases operated from February 1996 to April 1999. Al...

Orthopedic Research Online Journal Functional Outcome of Primary Total Hip Arthroplasty Ahmad Zeb1, Farmanullah Khan2*, Sabir Khan khattak3, Akhtar Husain4, Shehryar Khan2 Muhammad Shoaib Khan5 and Khalid Iqbal4 1Consultant Surgeon, Khyber Teaching Hospital Peshawar, Pakistan 2Medical Officer, Medical Collage 3Trainee Hayatabad Complex 4Senior Registrar orthopedics Peshawar 5Professor & Chairma...

A.A. Khan and O.H. Clark (eds.), Handbook of Parathyroid Diseases: A Case-Based Practical Guide, DOI 10.1007/978-1-4614-2164-1_2, © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2012