Nonshaved cranial surgery in black Africans: a short-term prospective preliminary study

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 69-72

  Adeleye, Amos Olufemi ^a   Olowookere, Kayode G ^a  

^a LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Black Africans; Nigeria; Nonshaved cranial surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; NIGERIA; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCALP HAIR; SKULL SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAIR; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCALP; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 36549078645     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2007.02.046     Document Type: Article

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