Inguinal hernia disease in Africa: A common but neglected surgical condition;Les hernies inguinales en Afrique: Une pathologie chirurgicale courante et négligée

West African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 77-83

  Ohene Yeboah, M ^a   Abantanga, F A ^a  

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

Author keywords

Complications; Herniorrhaphy; Inguinal hernia; Review paper; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; BASSINI REPAIR; CLINICAL FEATURE; FOLLOW UP; HERNIOPLASTY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORTALITY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT OBSTRUCTION; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; HERNIORRHAPHY; INCIDENCE; SEX RATIO;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84861304613     PISSN: 0189160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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