Major limb amputation in adults, Zaria, Nigeria

Journal of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 102-104

  Yakubu, A ^a,b   Muhammad, I ^a   Mabogunje, O A ^a  

^a AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b BURNLEY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amputation; Burns; Limb; Skin cancer; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARM AMPUTATION; ARM FRACTURE; ARM INJURY; ARM PROSTHESIS; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GANGRENE; HUMAN; INJURY; LEG AMPUTATION; LEG PROSTHESIS; LEG ULCER; LIMB AMPUTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGERIA; SKIN CANCER; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION; ARM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NIGERIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0029979592     PISSN: 00358835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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