Small intestinal volvulus in Southern Ethiopia

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 208-211

  Demissie, M ^a  

^a ST PAUL S HOSPITAL MILLENNIUM MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL POPULATION; SMALL INTESTINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE, SMALL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035542016     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/eamj.v78i4.9065     Document Type: Article

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