Permanent tracheostomy: Its social impacts and their management in Ondo State, Southwest, Nigeria

Nigerian Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 54-58

  Akenroye, M I ^a   Osukoya, A T ^a  

^a State Specialist Hospital   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Negative impact on social life; Permanent tracheostomy; Surgical complications

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL CHANGE; TRACHEOSTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL CHANGE; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 84873627128     PISSN: 11193077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1119-3077.106751     Document Type: Article

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