Is operative management effective in treatment of perforated typhoid?

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 189, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 342-344

  Saxe, Jonathan M ^a,c   Cropsey, Robert ^b  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Carolyn Kempton Memorial Hospital   (South Africa)

^c WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Small bowel perforation; Typhoid

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; GENTAMICIN; METRONIDAZOLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTESTINE PERFORATION; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTICEMIA; SEX ROLE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TYPHOID FEVER;

EID: 15944375922     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2004.11.032     Document Type: Conference Paper

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