Surgery in Malawi - A national survey of activity in rural and urban hospitals

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 89, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 722-724

  Lavy, Chris ^a,b   Tindall, Alistair ^a   Steinlechner, Colin ^a   Mkandawire, Nyengo ^a   Chimangeni, Sandy ^a  

^a Beil Cure Orthopaedic Hospital   (Malawi)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Audit; Malawi; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURETTAGE; DEBRIDEMENT; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH SURVEY; HERNIOPLASTY; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; RURAL AREA; SKIN GRAFT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TRAINING; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA;

HEALTH SURVEYS; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; MALAWI; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 35348874317     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588407X209329     Document Type: Article

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