Gastrointestinal perforation following blunt abdominal trauma

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 84, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 429-433

  Sule, A Z ^a   Kidmas, A T ^a   Awani, K ^a   Uba, F ^a   Misauno, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOS   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CHILD; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTESTINE PERFORATION; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NIGERIA; PERITONITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STOMACH LAVAGE; TIME; WOUND DRAINAGE;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; GASTRIC LAVAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PERITONITIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 36348936077     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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