Typhoid intestinal perforations at a University teaching hospital in Northwestern Tanzania: A surgical experience of 104 cases in a resource-limited setting

World Journal of Emergency Surgery

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Chalya, Phillipo L ^a   Mabula, Joseph B ^a   Koy, Mheta ^a   Kataraihya, Johannes B ^a   Jaka, Hyasinta ^a   Mshana, Stephen E ^a   Mirambo, Mariam ^a   Mchembe, Mabula D ^b   Giiti, Geofrey ^a   Gilyoma, Japhet M ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^b MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Intestinal perforation; Prognostic factors; Surgical management; Tanzania; Typhoid fever

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857981666     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17497922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1749-7922-7-4     Document Type: Article

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