Review of the practice of traditional bone setting in Nigeria

African Health Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 262-265

  Dada, A A ^a   Yinusa, W ^b   Giwa, S O ^c  

^a FEDERAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Nigeria)

^b National Orthopaedic Hospital Lagos   (Nigeria)

^c LAGOS UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Nigeria; Practice; Traditional bone setting

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN MEDICINE; AMPUTATION; FRACTURE; FRACTURE NONUNION; GANGRENE; HUMAN; JOINT DISLOCATION; JOINT STIFFNESS; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; NIGERIA; ORTHOPEDICS; OSTEOMYELITIS; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SPLINTING; TETANUS; TRADITIONAL BONE SETTING; TRAINING; VOLKMANN CONTRACTURE;

FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURES, BONE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; NIGERIA; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79960977297     PISSN: 16806905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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