Postoperative complications after surgery for typhoid ileal perforation in adults in Kumasi

West African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 32-36

  Oheneh Yeboah, Mike ^a  

^a KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Ileus; Morbidity; Mortality; Perforation; Post operative complications; Typoid

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; METRONIDAZOLE; POVIDONE IODINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCUTANEOUS FISTULA; FEMALE; GHANA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ILEITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERITONITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SEX RATIO; SMALL INTESTINE PERFORATION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TYPHOID FEVER; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND INFECTION;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMANS; ILEAL DISEASES; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TYPHOID FEVER;

EID: 34248994201     PISSN: 0189160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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