Appendicectomy in the tropics: Prospective study at Hôpital Principal in Dakar;Appendicectomies en milieu tropical: Étude prospective à l'Hôpital Principal de Dakar

Medecine Tropicale

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 549-553

  Farthouat, P ^a   Fall, O ^a   Ogougbemy, M ^a   Sow, A ^a   Millon, A ^a   Dieng, D ^a   Diouf, M B ^a  

^a HÔPITAL PRINCIPAL DE DAKAR   (Senegal)

Author keywords

Africa; Appendicitis; Celioscopy

Indexed keywords

APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CELIOSCOPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MORBIDITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TROPICS; ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENEGAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENEGAL;

EID: 33746206492     PISSN: 0025682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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