Lower genital tract lesions requiring surgical intervention in girls: Perspective from a developing country

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 610-613

  Ekenze, Sebastian O ^a   Mbadiwe, Okezie M ^a   Ezegwui, Hyginius U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Children; Developing country; Female circumcision; Outcome; Vulval disorder

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANORECTAL MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BIFID CLITORIS; CHILD; CLOACAL MALFORMATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; FEMALE CIRCUMCISION; GENITAL MALFORMATION; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HERMAPHRODITISM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIGERIA; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTOVAGINAL FISTULA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE RETENTION; VULVA SYNECHIA; VULVAL CYST;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CIRCUMCISION, FEMALE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; NIGERIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VULVA; VULVAR DISEASES;

EID: 70349975886     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2009.01574.x     Document Type: Article

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