Typhoid intestinal perforation in children: A continuing scourge in a developing country

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 33-39

  Uba, Aba F ^a   Chirdan, Lohfa B ^a   Ituen, Akpabio M ^a   Mohammed, Aminu M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOS   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Children; Developing country; Typhoid perforation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHEST INFECTION; CHILD; COLON RESECTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EXCISION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; INTESTINE ANASTOMOSIS; INTESTINE PERFORATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL PATIENT; TYPHOID INTESTINAL PERFORATION; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; MALE; NIGERIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TYPHOID FEVER;

EID: 33845881151     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00383-006-1796-3     Document Type: Article

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