Morbidity and mortality associated with inguinal hernia in northwestern Nigeria

West African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 288-292

  Mbah, N ^a  

^a USMANU DANFODIYO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Emergency; Inguinal hernia; Mortality; North Western Nigeria

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMERGENCY SURGERY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMAN; INFANT; INGUINAL HERNIA; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NIGERIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA;

EID: 44949088832     PISSN: 0189160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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