Spectrum of surgical trauma and associated head injuries at a university hospital in eastern Nepal

Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 2-8

  Bajracharya, A ^a   Agrawal, A ^a   Yam, B R ^a   Agrawal, C S ^a   Lewis, Owen ^a  

^a B P KOIRALA INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Craniotomy; laparatomy; trauma

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FEMALE; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEPAL; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OTORRHEA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; STUDENT; SURGICAL INJURY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 79953004036     PISSN: 09763147     EISSN: 09763155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0976-3147.63092     Document Type: Article

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