Primary perineal surgeries for the low and intermediate anorectal anomalies: 5-year results in a developing country

Surgical Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 64-68

  Osifo, Osarumwese David ^a   Evbuomwan, Iyekoretin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BENIN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Anomaly; Anorectal; Perineal; Primary surgery

Indexed keywords

EID: 68149126121     PISSN: 17441625     EISSN: 17441633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-1633.2009.00449.x     Document Type: Article

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