I. Peer  Reviewed  Publications

1. Adomako KA, Tamatey MN, Tettey MM, Offei-Larbi G & Okyere I. (2023) Malignant Transformation in the Esophagus 25 Years after Esophagectomy for Achalasia: Case Report. Int J Surg Invasive Procedures, 6(3): 226-227.

2. Yorke J, Brenu SG, Awoonor-Williams R, Tabiri S, Seidu AS, Yamoah FA, Akpaloo J, Der EM, Adjei E, Okyere I, Ihekanandu KK, Bonsu EBO, Kyei I, Mensah S, Adinku MO, Yorke DA, Agyapong AO, Aitpillah FS, Agyei MK, Oppong-Nkrumah NA, Annan KD, Ellis TF, Danso P, Buckman TA, Acheampong E. (2023) A gist on an obscure neoplasm in Ghana: gastrointestinal stromal tumours. BMC Res Notes. 2023 Nov 6;16(1):318. doi: 10.1186/s13104-023-06593-8. PMID: 37932827; PMCID: PMC10629135.

3. Kwarteng Owusu S, Owusu SA, Ofori Nyarko O, Owusu RK, Mahama H, Adjetey ND, Baah B A, Okyere I, Syverken J, Ansong D and Zampoli M.(2023). Retrospective review of empyema and parapneumonic effusions in hospitalized children in Ghana. J Pan Afr Thorac Soc 2023;4:131-6

4. K A Adomako, M N Tamatey, G Offei-Larbi, L A K Sereboe, I Okyere.(2023) Traumatic rupture of anterolateral papillary muscle in a patient with congenital deficiency of left hemi-pericardium: case report, Journal of Surgical Case Reports, Volume 2023, Issue 6, June 2023, rjad274, https://doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjad274

5. Tamatey AA, Adomako KA, Offei-Larbi G, Okyere I, Ntumy MY (2023). Spontaneous pneumothorax in pregnancy: a case report and literature review. HSI Journal 4 (1):481-484. https://doi.org/10.46829/hsijournal.2023.6.4.1.481-484

6. Tamatey, M., Tettey , M., Edwin, F., Entsua-Mensah , K., Gyan, B., Okyere, I., Adzamli , I., Adomako , K., Offei-Larbi , G., Aniteye , E., Kotei , D., Ofosu-Appiah , E., Amoah , K., Ibrahim, U., Adinku , P, Maishanu , M., Awodi , J., Osei , E., 10Yao , N., Sereboe , L., & Frimpong-Boateng , K. (2023). A Formula for the Determination of Appropriate Chest Tube Size and Length of Insertion in Children. Postgraduate Medical Journal of Ghana, 12(1), 8–12. Retrieved from https://journal.gcps.edu.gh/index.php/pmjg/article/view/307

7. Offei-Larbi, G., Tamatey, M.N., Tettey, M.M., Okyere, I. and Adomako, K. (2022). Thrombus Prop agation across an Inferior Vena Cava Filter Resulting in Fatal Pulmonary Embolism: A Case Report. World Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery, 12(10): 229-234. https://doi.org/10.4236/wjcs.2022.1210020

8. Tamatey MN, Tettey MM, Edwin F, Entsua-Mensah K, Gyan B and Okyere I.(2022). A FORMULA FOR THE DETERMINATION OF APPROPRIATE CHEST TUBE SIZE AND LENGTH OF INSERTION IN CHILDREN. Postgraduate Medical Journal of Ghana, 12 (1), 8-1.

9. Okyere, P., Okyere, I., Essuman, G., Attakora, J., Serwaa, D., Donkoh, I. E. and Ephraim, R. (2022). Conservative therapy is associated with worse clinical features and biochemical derangements than renal replacement therapy: a retrospective study in Kumasi, Ghana. BMC nephrology, 23(1): 343. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12882-022-02951-z

10. Singh S, Okyere I, Annamalai A and Singh A. (2022).A Study of the Effectiveness of Lidocaine toTreatSevere Pulmonary Vascular Constriction induced byProtamine . Perspectives in Medical Research, 10(0001):11-19.

11. Singh, S., Okyere, I., Singh, A., Shaifulla, P., Okyere, P. and Boamah, R. (2022).Time To Think of Novel Biomarkers to Detect Perioperative Acute Kidney Injury in Surgical Patients. Egyptian Academic Journal of Biological Sciences. C, Physiology and Molecular Biology, 14(1): 213-229.

12. P. Okyere, I. Okyere, C. Otu-Ansah, J. Attakorah, R. Osei Saahene, A. Kumi, R. Ephraim KD and Osafo C, POS-910.(2022). Television News and official government releases the main source of information on COVID-19 among chronic kidney disease patients in Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Ghana. Kidney International Reports, 7(2):S396. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ekir.2022.01.949.

13. Okyere P.,Okyere I.,Attakorah J., Osei saahene R., Essuman G., Serwaa D., Ephraim KD and Osafo C, POS-347.(2022). Prescription pattern among hypertensive and diabetic nephropathy patients in a teaching hospital, Ghana. Kidney International Reports, 7(2): S156-S157. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ekir.2022.01.368.)

14. Wiredu, K and Okyere I. (2022)."Brachial Artery Embolectomy in a Polytrauma Patient: A Case Repor. Journal of Cardiovascular Emergencies, 8(1): 20-23. https://doi.org/10.2478/jce-2022-0003

15. Owusu, S. K., Owusu, S. A., Mahama, H., Okyere, I., Adjetey, N., Martey, E and Owusu, R. K. (2022). Empyema and Parapneumonic effusions in children admitted to a teaching hospital in Ghana. A retrospective review. African Journal of Current Medical Research, 5(1). https://doi.org/10.31191/AFRIJCMR.V5I1.87

16. Singh LC, Singh S, Okyere I, Annamalai A and Singh A. (2022).Comparison of effectiveness and safety of epsilon-aminocaproic acid and tranexamic acid in adult patients undergoing cardiac surgery. Journal of Medical Society, 36(2):52-59.

17. Okyere, P., Okyere, I., Essuman, G., Attakora, J., Serwaa, D., Donkoh, I. E and Ephraim, R. K. D. (2022). Conservative therapy is associated with worse clinical features and biochemical derangements than renal replacement therapy: a retrospective study in Kumasi, Ghana. BMC nephrology, 23(1), 343. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12882-022-02951-z

18. Singh S, Shaifulla P, Singh A and Okyere I.(2022).The effect of BIS usage on anaesthetic agent consumption in high-risk patients for coronary artery bypass grafting off-pump surgery. Hamdan Medical Journal,15(4):187-194.

19. Okyere I., Singh S.,Ameyaw E., Okyere P., Agyemang Yeboah F., Gyasi Brenu S.,and Tamatey M. (2022). EMERGENCY THORACIC SURGERY IN CHEST TRAUMA AT THE KOMFO ANOKYE TEACHING HOSPITAL IN GHANA: THE ROLE OF STERNOTOMY AND THORACOTOMY. Postgraduate Medical Journal of Ghana, 11(1): 42-48.

20. Singh S, Okyere I., and Singh A. (2022).Paediatric cardiac anaesthesia perspective in komfo anokye teaching hospital, Kumasi: A 10-year review. Nigerian Journal of Medicine.31(2):202-207.

21. Okyere I, Mensah S, Singh S, Okyere P, Kyei I, Gyasi Brenu S. (2022) Surgical management of traumatic diaphragmatic rupture: ten-year experience in a Teaching Hospital in Ghana. Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska/Polish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery.;19(1):28-35. doi:10.5114/kitp.2022.114552.

22. Okyere I.,Owusu Kwarteng S.,Owusu Bempah A.,Okyere P., Badu-Peprah A and Gyasi Brenu S.(2022). Successful surgical management of intralobar pulmonary sequestration in Ghana, Journal of Surgical Case Reports. 2022(4): 1-3. https://doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjac085

23. Okyere, I., Okyere, P., Singh, S and Brenu, S. G. (2022). Portacath Implantation in Ghana: Initial Experience at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi. Clinical medicine insights. Case reports, 15. https://doi.org/10.1177/11795476221087910

24. Ameyaw E, Okyere I, Jibril Afaa T, Ameyaw R, O. Konney T and Tuah P. (2022).Malaria and Urinary Tract Infections among Children Under five Years with Malnutrition at a District Hospital in Ghana. Tarbiat Modares University, 8 (1):43-51. http://iem.modares.ac.ir/article-4-56222-en.html

25. Ameyaw, E., Okyere, I., Ameyaw, R., Konney, T., Ansong, K., Damalie, F and Frimpong, G. (2022). Priapism in a 9-Year-Old Ghanaian Boy with COVID.A Case Report. Translational Research in Urology, 4(1): 4-8. doi: 10.22034/tru.2022.320740.1094

26. Okyere P, Okyere I, Ephraim R. K. D., Attakorah J, Essuman G, Abaka-Yawson A. (2021). POS-600 Trends in vascular access types in hemodialysis patients in Ghana, Kidney International Reports, Volume 6, Issue 4, Supplement, 2021, Page S263, ISSN 2468-0249, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ekir.2021.03.629. (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468024921007750)

27. Okyere I, Singh S, Ameyaw E, and Okyere P.PO19. Emergency Thoracic Surgery in Chest Trauma at the Komf oAnokyeTeaching Hospital in Ghana: The Role of Sternotomy and Thoracotomy.9th Biennial Scientific Conference of the College of Health Siences , 29th-30th ,September , 2021,KNUST School of Business, KNUST.

28. Okyere, I., Okyere, P., Ameyaw, E., Brenu, S. G., Tamatey, M., & Agyemang Yeboah, F. (2021). Pericardiectomy for constrictive pericarditis in a resource constraint setting. Kardiochirurgia i torakochirurgia polska = Polish journal of cardio-thoracic surgery, 18(3), 165–172. https://doi.org/10.5114/kitp.2021.109390

29. Okyere P, Okyere I, Ephraim R. K.D., Attakorah J, Essuman G, Eghan B.(2021). POS-808 ANALYSIS OF TRENDS IN THE MANAGEMENT OF ESRD IN GHANA, Kidney International Reports, Volume 6, Issue 4, Supplement, 2021, Page S351, ISSN 2468-0249, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ekir.2021.03.841. (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468024921009876)

30. Okyere I et al. (2021). Vascular access for haemodialysis in Ghana: a single centre experience. PAMJ - Clinical Medicine. 2021; 6:2. doi: 10.11604/pamj-cm.2021.6.2.29276

31. Okyere, P., Ephraim, R.K., Okyere, I. et al.(2021). Demographic, diagnostic and therapeutic characteristics of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease in Ghana. BMC Nephrol 22, 156 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12882-021-02336-8

32. Singh S, Okyere I.(2020). A Ten-Years Review of Palliative Procedures for Congenital Heart Diseases in KATH Kumasi: The Need for a Paradigm Shift in Africa. Dev Anesthetics Pain Manag. 2(1). DAPM. 000528. 2020.DOI: 10.31031/DAPM.2020.02.000528

33. Okyere, I., Singh, S., Okyere, P., Kusi, A. and Brenu, S.G. (2020). Cervical Oesophagotomy and Removal of an Impacted Oesophageal Denture: Case Report and Literature Review. Surgical Science, 11, 177-186. doi: 10.4236/ss.2020.117020.

34. Okyere, I., Brenu, S. and Okyere, P. (2020). Lifesaving Emergency Sternotomy in Traumatic Cardiac Tamponade in a Teaching Hospital in Ghana: Survival of Two Rare Cases. World Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery, 10, 33-40. doi: 10.4236/wjcs.2020.103005

35. Okyere, I., Brenu, S. and Okyere, P. (2020). Open Thoracic Surgery for Removal of a Two-Year-Old Impacted Esophageal Coin. Open Journal of Thoracic Surgery, 10, 32-40. doi: 10.4236/ojts.2020.101004

36. Okyere, I., Singh, S., Okyere, P., Fiifi-Yankson, P., Farhat, B. and Brenu, S. (2020) Management of Ruptured Scalp Arteriovenous Malformation: A Rare Case and Literature Review. World Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery, 10, 271-278. doi: 10.4236/wjcs.2020.1012029.

37. Okyere I, Singh S, Okyere P, Baffoe Gyan, Addo Boateng N, Enoch Akowuah.(2020).The First Implantation of the Novel Biological Heart Valve, the Inspiris Resilia Aortic Tissue Valve in Africa: The Experience of Ghana and the History of Artificial Heart Development. Journal of Surgery. Vol. 8, No. 4, 2020, pp. 136-139. doi: 10.11648/j.js.20200804.17 Received: July 3, 2020; Accepted: July 15, 2020; Published: August 4, 2020

38. Singh S, Okyere I and Ehab Mahrous D. (2020). The Effect of Combined Conventional and Modified Ultrafiltration on Mechanical Ventilation and Hemodynamic Changes in Paediatric Congenital Heart Surgery. EAS J Anesthesiol Crit Care ,2(1): 30-39, 10.36349/easjacc.2020.v02i01.06

39. Singh S, Yogesh N., Zanwar and Okyere I. (2020). Does Meticulous Blood Glucose Control During Cardiopulmonary Bypass Improves Outcome in Paediatric Patients? EAS J Anesthesiol Crit Care; 2(4):152-159. doi: 10.36349/easjacc. 2020.v02i04.003

40. Okyere I, Singh S, Okyere P, Brenu S and Kontoh Amoabeng S. (2020). Surgical Management of Herniated Intrathoracic Gastric Perforation in Traumatic Diaphragmatic Rupture: An Unusual Two Rare Cases. Open Journal of Thoracic Surgery, 10:56-68. doi: 10.4236/ojts.2020.102006.

41. Singh, S., Okyere, I., and Singh, A. (2020). A Team-Based Approach to Surgical and Anaesthetic Care for Children with Congenital Heart Disease in a Low Resource Setting in Ghana West Africa. RA Journal of Applied Research, 6(01), 2610-2615. https://doi.org/10.33826/rajar/v6i1.02

42. Okyere P, Okyere I, Kobina Dadzie Ephraim R, Attakorah J, Osafo C, Arhin B, Bachelle S and Abaka-Yawson A.(2020)."Spectrum and Clinical Characteristics of Renal Diseases in Ghanaian Adults: A 13-Year Retrospective Study", International Journal of Nephrology, vol. 2020, Article ID 8967258, 5 pages, 2020.

43. Nyantakyi, R. A., Okyere P, Appiah Boateng E, Okyere I, Adjei Osei F, Frimpong Odoom S, Micah F and Attakorah J. (2020). Factors influencing knowledge levels among hypertensive patients receiving treatment at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi, Ghana: a cross-sectional study. African Journal of Current Medical Research, 4(1). https://doi.org/10.31191/afrijcmr.v4i1.52.

44. Isaac Okyere and Perditer Okyere, (2020). Open Thoracic Surgery for Removal of a Two-Year Old Impacted Esophageal Coin and Literature Update. Current Topics in Medicine and Medical Research Vol. 8. Book Publisher International. (Ed.). Khadiga Ahmed Ismail Eltris. Print ISBN: 978-93-90431-87-8, eBook ISBN: 978-93-90431-92-2, 101-109.Doi. https://doi.org/10.9734/bpi/ctmamr/v8

45. Isaac Okyere and Perditer Okyere, (2020). Removal of an Impacted Oesophageal Denture through Transcervical Oesophagotomy and Literature Review. Current Topics in Medicine and Medical Research Vol. 8. Book Publisher International. (Ed.). Khadiga Ahmed Ismail Eltris. Print ISBN: 978-93-90431-87-8, eBook ISBN: 978-93-90431-92-2,110-118.Doi. https://doi.org/10.9734/bpi/ctmamr/v8

46. Isaac Okyere and Perditer Okyere, (2020). Reporting Two Rare Cases of Surgical Management of Herniated Intrathoracic Gastric Perforation in Traumatic Diaphragmatic Rupture. Current Topics in Medicine and Medical Research Vol. 8. Book Publisher International. (Ed.). Khadiga Ahmed Ismail Eltris. Print ISBN: 978-93-90431-87-8, eBook ISBN: 978-93-90431-92-2,119-130, Doi. https://doi.org/10.9734/bpi/ctmamr/v8

47. Okyere I.(2024). Rare cardiovascular and thoracic surgery case series at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi - Ghana. 64th Annual General Meeting and Scientific Conference of West African College of Surgeons, Freetown, Sierra Leone, 4th – 7th , March 2024.

48. Okyere I.(2024). Pigtail catheter for pleural drainage using the modified Seldinger technique, a less invasive alternative to tube thoracostomy: Initial experience in Ghana. 64th Annual General Meeting and Scientific Conference of West African College of Surgeons, 4th – 7th , March 2024, Freetown, Sierra Leone, 4 – 7 March 2024.

49. Okyere I.(2024). Experience of catheter pericardiocentesis for pericardial effusion at the Komfo Anokye teaching hospital, Kumasi-Ghana. 64th Annual General Meeting and Scientific Conference of West African College of Surgeons, Freetown, Freetown, Sierra Leone, 4th – 7th , March 2024.

50. Okyere I .(2023).Congenital Heart Surgery in Developing Countries;Management and Outcomes : African Centres Experience. Pediatric and ongenital Heart Surgery (AAPCHS) and African Association of Thoracic and Cardiovascular and Surgeons ( AATCVS) Conference , 30th November to 1st December 2023,Radisson Blu Hotel, Abidjan Airport ,Cote D’voire.

51. Okyere I .(2023).Congenital Heart Surgery in Developing Countries;Comments and Contributions from Cardiac Surgeons in AATCVS Database Implementation. Pediatric and ongenital Heart Surgery (AAPCHS) and African Association of Thoracic and Cardiovascular and Surgeons ( AATCVS) Conference , 30th November to 1st December 2023,Radisson Blu Hotel, Abidjan Airport ,Cote D’voire.

52. P029 Okyere I, Brenu S.G., Okyere P:(2023). Saving lives of patients with impalement injury of the chest in a resource limited centre.10th Biennial Scientific Conference of the College of Health Sciences ,KNUST.27th-28th September , 2023, KNUST SCHOOL OF BUSINESS.

53. Okyere I, Singh S and Fynn-Thompson F: (2023).Congenital Cardiac Surgery in Africa: The Boston Children’s Hospital Experience in Ghana. 8th World Congress of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery.August 27 – September 1, 2023, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center ,Washington, D.C., USA.

54. Okyere I. (2023). 26.04: Pericardiectomy for Constrictive Pericarditis in a Resource Constraint Setting. Academic Surgical Congress (ASC), Houston, Texas from February 7-9, 2023.

55. Okyere I.(2023). Update of the experience of the first implantation of the novel biological heart valve, the inspiris resilia aortic tissue valve in Africa. 63rd Annual General Meeting &Scientific Conference of the West African College of Surgeons (WACS), 20th – 24th March 2023, Lome, Togo.

56. Okyere I.(2023) Surgery of impalement injury of the chest in a resource limited centre. 63rd Annual General Meeting &Scientific Conference of the West African College of Surgeons (WACS), 20th – 24th March 2023, Lome, Togo.

57. Okyere I. (2023). Surgical management of arteriovenous malformation at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Ghana. 63rd Annual General Meeting &Scientific Conference of the West African College of Surgeons (WACS), 20th – 24th March 2023, Lome, Togo.

58. Okyere I.(2022). Congenital heart surgery in Ghana: the experience of Kumasi, Ghana. 62nd Annual General Meeting &Scientific Conference of the West African College of Surgeons (WACS), 21st – 24th March 2022, Monrovia, Liberia.

59. Okyere I. (2022). Successful surgical management of intralobar pulmonary sequestration in Ghana. 62nd Annual General Meeting &Scientific Conference of the West African College of Surgeons (WACS), 21st – 24th March 2022, Monrovia, Liberia.

60. Okyere I. (2022). Open surgical retrieval of rare aerodigestive tract foreign bodies in Kumasi, Ghana. 62nd Annual General Meeting &Scientific Conference of the West African College of Surgeons (WACS), 21st – 24th March 2022, Monrovia, Liberia

61. Okyere I. (2021). Surgical management of traumatic diaphragmatic rupture: Ten-year experience at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi: 61st Annual General Meeting & Scientific Conference, Cotonou, Republic of Benin ,14th -26th June, 2021.

62. Okyere I. (2021). Pericardiectomy for constrictive pericarditis in a resource constraint setting. 61st Annual General Meeting & Scientific Conference, Cotonou, Republic of Benin ,14th -26th June, 2021.

63. Okyere I. (2021). Emergency Thoracic Surgery in Chest Trauma at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Ghana: The Role of Sternotomy and Thoracotomy: 61st Annual General Meeting & Scientific Conference, Cotonou, Republic of Benin, 14th -26th June, 2021

64. Okyere I. (2021). Vascular Access for Haemodialysis in Ghana: A Single Centre Experience: 61st Annual General Meeting & Scientific Conference, Cotonou, Republic of Benin, 14th -26th June, 2021.

65. Okyere I. (2021). Portacath Implantation in Ghana: Initial Experience at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi: 61st Annual General Meeting & Scientific Conference, Cotonou, Republic of Benin, 14th -26th June, 2021.

66. Okyere I. (2021). PO19: Emergency Thoracic Surgery in Chest Trauma at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Ghana: Role of Sternotomy and Thoracotomy, 9th Biennial Scientific Conference, College of Health Sciences, KNUST.29th -30th September, 2021, KNUST School of Business, Kumasi, Ghana.

67. Okyere I. (2021). Surgical Management of Traumatic Diaphragmatic Rupture: Ten-year Experience at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana: 9th Biennial Scientific Conference, College of Health Sciences, KNUST, 29th -30th September, 2021, KNUST School of Business, Kumasi, Ghana.

68. Okyere I. (2021). Vascular Access for Haemodialysis in Ghana: A Single Centre Experience.: 9th Biennial Scientific Conference, College of Health Sciences, KNUST. 29th -30th September, 2021, KNUST School of Business, Kumasi, Ghana.

69. Okyere I.(2019).Guest Speaker. The Heart Beat of Kumasi. The Ghanaian Cardiac Team ,23rd September 2019,South Tees Research Innovationon Education, James Cook University Hospital Marton Road, Middlesbrough, UK.

70. Okyere, P., Okyere, I., Otu-Ansah, C., Attakorah, J., Saahene, R. O., Kumi, A., ... & Osafo, C. (2022). POS-910 Television News and official government releases the main source of information on COVID-19 among chronic kidney disease patients in Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Ghana. Kidney International Reports, 7(2), S396. - (International Society of Nephrology (ISN), World Congress of Nephrology (WCN), Malaysia, 2022)

71. Okyere, P., Okyere, I., Attakorah, J., Essuman, G., Serwaa, D., KD, R. E., & Osafo, C. (2022). POS-347. Prescription pattern among hypertensive and diabetic nephropathy patients in a teaching hospital, Ghana. Kidney International Reports, 7(2), S156-S157 - (ISN, WCN, 2022)

72. Okyere, P., Okyere, I., Ephraim, R. K. D., Attakorah, J., Essuman, G., & Eghan, B. (2021). POS-808 Analysis of trends in the management of ESRD in Ghana. Kidney International Reports, 6(4), S351.- (ISN April, 2021 Canada)

73. Okyere, P., Okyere, I., Ephraim, R. K. D., Attakorah, J., Essuman, G., & Abaka-Yawson, A. (2021). POS-600 Trends in vascular access types in hemodialysis patients in Ghana. Kidney International Reports, 6(4), S263. - (ISN April, 2021 Canada)

74. Okyere, P., Okyere, I., Ephraim, R. K. D., Attakorah, J., Osafo, C., Arhin, B., ... & Abaka-Yawson, A. (2020). Spectrum and clinical characteristics of renal diseases in ghanaian adults: a 13-year retrospective study. International journal of nephrology, 2020. - (ISN , WCN,2019 Australia).

II. Books Chapters With Exact References

1.Isaac Okyere and Perditer Okyere, (2020). Open Thoracic Surgery for Removal of a Two-Year Old Impacted Esophageal Coin and Literature Update. Current Topics in Medicine and Medical Research Vol. 8. Book Publisher International. (Ed.). Khadiga Ahmed Ismail Eltris. Print ISBN: 978-93-90431-87-8, eBook ISBN: 978-93-90431-92-2, 101-109, Doi. https://doi.org/10.9734/bpi/ctmamr/v8

2.Isaac Okyere and Perditer Okyere, (2020). Removal of an Impacted Oesophageal Denture through Transcervical Oesophagotomy and Literature Review. Current Topics in Medicine and Medical Research Vol. 8. Book Publisher International. (Ed.). Khadiga Ahmed Ismail Eltris. Print ISBN: 978-93-90431-87-8, eBook ISBN: 978-93-90431-92-2,110-118.Doi. https://doi.org/10.9734/bpi/ctmamr/v8

3.Isaac Okyere and Perditer Okyere, (2020). Reporting Two Rare Cases of Surgical Management of Herniated Intrathoracic Gastric Perforation in Traumatic Diaphragmatic Rupture. Current Topics in Medicine and Medical Research Vol. 8. Book Publisher International. (Ed.). Khadiga Ahmed Ismail Eltris. Print ISBN: 978-93-90431-87-8, eBook ISBN: 978-93-90431-92-2,119-130, Doi. https://doi.org/10.9734/bpi/ctmamr/v8

III. Online/Media/Publications of Some of My Activities

1.https://www.myjoyonline.com/knust-medical-scientists-successfully-carry-out-first-implantation-of-novel-biological-heart-valve-in-africa/

2.https://www.wcpccs2023.org/event/1da8563e-0f65-486c-88df-70c3db431af5/websitePage:f3433ae0-cdc1-47f9-bfa9-9fdc490f09d9

3.https://www.multibriefs.com/briefs/cb-abcnews/CB-ABCNEWS042820.php

4.https://www.myjoyonline.com/put-congenital-heart-surgery-on-nhis-cardiac-surgeon-to-government/

5.https://www.ctsnet.org/article/cardiac-surgery-missions-ghana-why-we-need-them 6.https://www.ctsnet.org/article/daily-video-blog-medical-mission-ghana-february-23-march-1-2019

7.https://cardiostart.org/report-of-cardiostart-internationals-8th-mission-to-komfo-anokye-teaching-hospital-in-kumasi-ghana/

8.http://www.businessghana.com/site/news/general/170720/Chinese-team-performs-free-surgery-at-KATH

9.https://www.myjoyonline.com/kath-completes-first-successful-open-heart-surgery/

10.https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6577642566072836097/?originTrackingId=sgn29x%2FFSWq%2FxUX1ZX%2F5LQ%3D%3D

11.https://www.myjoyonline.com/140-children-with-heart-defects-benefit-from-boston-children-hospital-kath-collaboration/

12.https://www.myjoyonline.com/waiting-to-die-over-400-children-diagnosed-with-cardiovascular-diseases-unable-to-afford-treatment/

13.https://www.myjoyonline.com/over-400-children-at-kath-with-heart-condition-unable-to-raise-funds-for-surgeries/

14.https://www.myjoyonline.com/knust-medical-scientists-successfully-carry-out-first-implantation-of-novel-biological-heart-valve-in-africa/

15.https://www.graphic.com.gh/news/general-news/kath-doctors-perform-first-open-heart-surgeries.html 16.https://allafrica.com/stories/201511250774.html

17.https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/KATH-needs-cash-to-save-lives-of-700-children-with-open-heart-conditions-728358

18.https://www.businessghana.com/site/news/General/170720/Chinese%20medical%20team%20performs%20free%20open%20heart%20surgery%20at%20KATH

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