Factors affecting the management and outcome of neonatal surgery in Benin City, Nigeria

European Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 107-110

  Osifo, David Osarumwense ^a   Oriaifo, I A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BENIN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Management; Neonatal surgery; Outcome

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL DEFECT; ANORECTAL MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL MALFORMATION; GASTROSCHISIS; HEAD AND NECK DISEASE; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HUMAN; INTESTINE ATRESIA; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALROTATION SYNDROME; MEAL; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; NIGERIA; OMPHALOCELE; PRENATAL CARE; SPINE DISEASE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UROGENITAL TRACT MALFORMATION;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; BIRTH WEIGHT; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; MALE; NIGERIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 43949119142     PISSN: 09397248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1038485     Document Type: Article

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