Determinants of outcome of inguinal herniorrhaphy in Nigerian patients

Annals of the College of Surgeons of Hong Kong

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 14-21

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

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Determinants of outcome; Inguinal; Inguinosrotal hernia; Repair

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; ELDERLY CARE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; GANGRENE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HERNIA INCARCERATION; HERNIORRHAPHY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RATE; INGUINAL HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MORTALITY; NIGERIA; OBSTRUCTIVE UROPATHY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RECURRENT DISEASE; RURAL POPULATION; SCROTUM DISORDER; SEX RATIO; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN POPULATION; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 1842523327     PISSN: 10284001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2034.2003.00192.x     Document Type: Article

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