Pattern and Outcome of Typhoid Perforation in Benin City
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Pattern and Outcome of Typhoid Perforation in Benin City
Over a 26-year period, there were only twenty four cases of perforated typhoid that were operated at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital. Four cases had incomplete data and were excluded from the study and only twenty cases were therefore included in the study. Of the twenty patients, there were 12 males and 8 females and the age range was between 11 and 45 years, with a mean of 25.65 yea...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Medicine and Biomedical Research
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1596-6941
DOI: 10.4314/jmbr.v6i1.10699