Aetiology and management of injuries to male external genitalia in Nigeria

Injury

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 128-133

  Ahmed, A ^a   Mbibu, N H ^a  

^a AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Genitalia and males; Injuries; Management; Outcomes

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AVULSION INJURY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; FOLLOW UP; GENITAL INJURY; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MORTALITY; NIGERIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOGENESIS; PENIS; PENIS AMPUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCROTUM; SKIN GRAFT; TESTIS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; URETHRA STRICTURE; URETHROPLASTY; WOUND INFECTION;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; GENITALIA, MALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; RISK FACTORS; RISK MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 37549053660     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2007.02.039     Document Type: Article

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