Some aspects of the epidemiology of external hernias in kumasi, Ghana

Hernia

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 529-532

  Ohene Yeboah, M ^a   Abantanga, F ^a   Oppong, J ^a   Togbe, B ^a   Nimako, B ^a   Amoah, M ^a   Azorliade, R ^a  

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

Author keywords

Incisional; Inguinal; Kumasi; Mesh repair; Untreated external hernia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; FEMORAL HERNIA; GHANA; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INCISIONAL HERNIA; INFANT; INGUINAL HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; UMBILICAL HERNIA; HERNIA; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GHANA; HERNIA; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73449148063     PISSN: 12654906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10029-009-0491-4     Document Type: Article

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