Management of sigmoid volvulus in Polokwane-Mankweng Hospital

South African Journal of Surgery

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 17-19

  Bhuiyan, M M Z U ^a   Machowski, Z A ^a   Linyama, B S ^a   Modiba, M C M ^a  

^a SEFAKO MAKGATHO HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COLORECTAL SURGERY; COLOSTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE ANASTOMOSIS; INTESTINE RESECTION; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPTICEMIA; SIGMOID; SIGMOID VOLVULUS; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INTESTINAL VOLVULUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SIGMOID DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 17644415278     PISSN: 00382361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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