Fatal reactions and methaemoglobinaemia after silver nitrate irrigation of hydatid cyst

Surgical Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 2-7

  Rajabi, Mohammad Ali ^a  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Hydatid disease; Methaemoglobinaemia; Silver nitrate

Indexed keywords

EID: 59049084080     PISSN: 17441625     EISSN: 17441633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-1633.2008.00427.x     Document Type: Article

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