Pattern and outcome of childhood intestinal obstruction at a Tertiary Hospital in Nigeria

African Health Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 170-173

  Ogundoyin, O O ^a   Afolabi, A O ^a   Ogunlana, D I ^a   Lawal, T A ^a   Yifieyeh, A C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Childhood intestinal obstruction; Management outcome; Pattern

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANORECTAL MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; FEMALE; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HUMAN; INFANT; INGUINAL HERNIA; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; INTUSSUSCEPTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NIGERIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEPSIS; SURGICAL INFECTION; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; MALE; MORBIDITY; NIGERIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77949520879     PISSN: 16806905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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