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- Title
Surgical complications of typhoid fever: enteric perforation.
- Authors
Santillana, M
- Abstract
Typhoid fever remains a prevalent disease in developing nations as the result of adverse socioeconomic factors. The most frequent complication, and principal cause of mortality, is perforation of the terminal ileum. This report presents our experience with 96 patients surgically treated at Cayetano Heredia University Hospital in Lima, Peru from 1972 to 1986. The clinical characteristics and the diverse surgical procedures utilized in the management of these patients are reviewed.
- Publication
World journal of surgery, 1991, Vol 15, Issue 2, p170
- ISSN
0364-2313
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1007/BF01659050