Major surgical complications from minor urological procedures

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 196-199

  Eke, Ndubuisi ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORT HARCOURT   (Nigeria)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Circumcision; Penis mutilation; Urological complications; Urological procedures

Indexed keywords

BIOPSY; CATHETERIZATION; CIRCUMCISION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; PENIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REVIEW; UROLOGIC SURGERY;

BIOPSY; CIRCUMCISION, MALE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PENIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; URINARY CATHETERIZATION; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 0034166555     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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