Background : Acute abdominal conditions are a common reason for emergency admission of children. Little is available in the literature about such conditions in our subregion, especially Ghana. Objective : The aim of this study was to investigate the range of emergency abdominal surgical conditions amongst children in the subregion, with particular reference to Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana. A prospective survey of all children older than 1 year undergoing an emergency abdominal surgery was carried out. Methods : Details of all children (except infants) operated for an acute surgical abdominal condition over a 5-year period were entered into a specially designed form, capturing patient characteristics, surgical causes of th...
Children's Abdominal Surgery Emergency is calculated 2.4-3.1% in child cases. The cause of a child's...
Background: Surgical complications of enteric fever has been associated with significant morbidity a...
Background: Surgical complications of enteric fever has been associated with significant morbidity a...
Background : Acute abdominal conditions are a common reason for emergency admission of children. Lit...
Background : Acute abdominal conditions are a common reason for emergency admission of children. Lit...
Background: Management of acute surgical abdominal emergencies in children is challenging accounting...
Background: Paediatric surgical abdominal emergencies are important causes of morbidity and mortalit...
Background: Pediatric surgical emergencies are associated with higher morbidity and mortality. The a...
Background: Surgical abdomen traverses all age groups. We sought to define the aetiology, patients’ ...
Background. Abdominal pain in children can represent benign conditions or life-threatening emergenci...
BackgroundChild health is a key priority on the global health agenda, yet the provision of essential...
Background: Child health is a key priority on the global health agenda, yet the provision of essenti...
Background: Acute abdomen is a common surgical problem in neonates and often presents as a diagnosti...
Background: Child health is a key priority on the global health agenda, yet the provision of essenti...
Objective: To find out causes of laparotomy in paediatrics population under 5 years age group presen...
Children's Abdominal Surgery Emergency is calculated 2.4-3.1% in child cases. The cause of a child's...
Background: Surgical complications of enteric fever has been associated with significant morbidity a...
Background: Surgical complications of enteric fever has been associated with significant morbidity a...
Background : Acute abdominal conditions are a common reason for emergency admission of children. Lit...
Background : Acute abdominal conditions are a common reason for emergency admission of children. Lit...
Background: Management of acute surgical abdominal emergencies in children is challenging accounting...
Background: Paediatric surgical abdominal emergencies are important causes of morbidity and mortalit...
Background: Pediatric surgical emergencies are associated with higher morbidity and mortality. The a...
Background: Surgical abdomen traverses all age groups. We sought to define the aetiology, patients’ ...
Background. Abdominal pain in children can represent benign conditions or life-threatening emergenci...
BackgroundChild health is a key priority on the global health agenda, yet the provision of essential...
Background: Child health is a key priority on the global health agenda, yet the provision of essenti...
Background: Acute abdomen is a common surgical problem in neonates and often presents as a diagnosti...
Background: Child health is a key priority on the global health agenda, yet the provision of essenti...
Objective: To find out causes of laparotomy in paediatrics population under 5 years age group presen...
Children's Abdominal Surgery Emergency is calculated 2.4-3.1% in child cases. The cause of a child's...
Background: Surgical complications of enteric fever has been associated with significant morbidity a...
Background: Surgical complications of enteric fever has been associated with significant morbidity a...