Pattern of limb amputation in a Kenyan rural hospital

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1449-1453

  Ogeng'O, Julius A ^a   Obimbo, Moses M ^a   King'Ori, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^b PCEA Kikuyu Mission Hospital   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIMB AMPUTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL HEALTH CARE;

AMPUTATION; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; DIABETIC FOOT; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; INFECTION; KENYA; LEG INJURIES; MALE; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 70349769393     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00264-009-0810-5     Document Type: Article

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