Colostomy in children: Indications and common problems in Benin City, Nigeria

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 199-203

  Osifo, O D ^a   Osaigbovo, E O ^a   Obeta, E C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BENIN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Children; Colostomy; Common problems

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ANORECTAL MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON INJURY; COLOSTOMY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HERNIA; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MORBIDITY; NIGERIA; ODOR; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PERINEUM INJURY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RECTOVAGINAL FISTULA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SKIN PROTECTION; STENOSIS; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TISSUE INJURY; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 44849128536     PISSN: 1682024X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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