Incidence of acute appendicitis in Kumasi, Ghana

West African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 122-125

  Ohene Yeboah, M ^a   Abantanga, F A ^a  

^a KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Acute appendicitis; Admission rates; Incidence

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GHANA; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; FEMALE; GHANA; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69249168398     PISSN: 0189160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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