Hernia repair under local or intravenous Ketamine in a tropical low socio-economic population

West African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 143-146

  Irabor, David O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

General hospital experience; Hernia surgery

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; DIAZEPAM; KETAMINE; LIDOCAINE; PENTAZOCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FEMORAL HERNIA; GROUPS BY AGE; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INFANT; INGUINAL HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 23044463814     PISSN: 0189160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/wajm.v24i2.28185     Document Type: Review

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