Outcome of myelomeningocoele repair in sub-Saharan Africa: The Nigerian experience

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 150, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 911-913

  Idowu, O E ^a,b   Apemiye, R A ^b  

^a LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Hydrocephalus; Myelomeningocoele; Outcome; Wound infection

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; APNEA; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; SEPTICEMIA; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME;

FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTION; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; NIGERIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 52449127930     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: 09420940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-008-0002-x     Document Type: Article

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