Surgical management of inguinal hernias at Bugando Medical Centre in northwestern Tanzania: Our experiences in a resource-limited setting

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 5, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Mabula, Joseph B ^a   Chalya, Phillipo L ^a  

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

Author keywords

Inguinal hernias; Predictors of outcome; Surgical management; Tanzania; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMAN; INFANT; INGUINAL HERNIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REOPERATION; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; TANZANIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REOPERATION; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; TANZANIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867748792     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-5-585     Document Type: Article

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