Postoperative complications after surgery for typhoid perforation in children in Ghana

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 14, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 55-58

  Abantanga, F A ^a,b   Wiafe Addai, B B ^b  

^a KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^b KOMFO ANOKYE TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Fistulae; Postoperative complications; Typhoid perforation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; ENTEROCUTANEOUS FISTULA; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMAN; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMALL INTESTINE PERFORATION; TYPHOID FEVER; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMANS; ILEAL DISEASES; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TYPHOID FEVER;

EID: 0032413696     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003830050435     Document Type: Article

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