Experience with rigid esophagoscopy in Jos, North-Central Nigeria

Nigerian Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 237-239

  Adoga, A A ^a   Adoga, A S ^a   Nwaorgu, O G B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOS   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Foreign bodies; Rigid esophagoscopy; Site of impaction

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70350702800     PISSN: 11193077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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