Pattern, outcome and challenges of neonatal surgical cases in a tertiary teaching hospital
Background: Globally, the major causes of neonatal deaths are birth asphyxia, prematurity and severe infections. Little attention is paid to deaths contributed by surgically amenable conditions. This study was undertaken to determine the burden and types of surgical problems encountered in the neona...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2013-01-01
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| Series: | African Journal of Paediatric Surgery |
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| Online Access: | http://www.afrjpaedsurg.org/article.asp?issn=0189-6725;year=2013;volume=10;issue=3;spage=226;epage=230;aulast=Ugwu |