Assessing the impact of short-term surgical education on practice: A retrospective study of the introduction of mesh for inguinal hernia repair in sub-Saharan Africa

Hernia

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 549-556

  Wang, Y T ^a   Mehes M M ^a   Naseem, H R ^b   Ibrahim, M ^c   Butt, M A ^d   Ahmed, N ^d   Wahab Bin Adam, M A ^e   Issah, A W ^f   Mohammed, I ^g   Goldstein, S D ^a   Cartwright, K ^h   Abdullah, F ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS CHILDREN S CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^c Ahmadiyya Muslim Hospital Ahmadiyya Hospital Compound   (Ghana)

^d Ahmadiyya Muslim Hospital   (Ghana)

^e Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission   (Ghana)

^f Humanity First Ghana   (Ghana)

^g Majlis Nusrat Jehan Board   (Ghana)

^h CHILDREN S HOSPITAL CENTRAL CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Inguinal hernia; Short term surgical mission; Surgical education; Surgical mesh; Tension free repair

Indexed keywords

POLYPROPYLENE;

ABSCESS; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORCHITIS; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL MESH; SURGICAL TRAINING; SWELLING; TRAINING; EDUCATION; GHANA; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HERNIORRHAPHY; LIBERIA; MIDDLE AGED; TEACHING;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GHANA; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMANS; LIBERIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL MESH; TEACHING;

EID: 84905023331     PISSN: 12654906     EISSN: 12489204     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10029-014-1255-3     Document Type: Article

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