Causes and determinants of outcome of intestinal perforations in a semiurban African community

Annals of the College of Surgeons of Hong Kong

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 116-123

  Adesunkanmi, Abdul Rashid K ^a   Badmus, Tajudeen A ^a   Ogundoyin, Olukayode ^a  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Causes; Determinant of outcome; Gastrointestinal perforations; Peritonitis; Semiurban African community

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADULT; AFRICA; AGE; ARTICLE; CARCINOID; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INTESTINE FISTULA; INTESTINE INJURY; INTESTINE PERFORATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MORBIDITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT INFORMATION; PEPTIC ULCER; PERITONITIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUS; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGMOID CARCINOMA; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TYPHOID FEVER; URBAN AREA; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0345170805     PISSN: 10284001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-2034.2003.00180.x     Document Type: Article

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