Laparoscopic appendicectomy at the Aga Khan Hospital, Nairobi

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 80, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 447-451

  Patel, S C ^a   Jumba, G F ^a   Akmal, S ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; KENYA; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; STATISTICS; SURGICAL INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; KENYA; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 23944456480     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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