Open AccessTraumatic chest injury in children: A single thoracic surgeon′s experience in two Nigerian tertiary hospitals
Author(s) -
Kelechi E. Okonta
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
african journal of paediatric surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.163
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 0189-6725
pISSN - 0974-5998
DOI - 10.4103/0189-6725.170193
Subject(s) - medicine , etiology , pneumothorax , blunt , chest injury , empyema , prospective cohort study , emergency department , thoracostomy , surgery , pediatrics , psychiatry
This study was to determine the extent and outcome of childhood chest injury in Nigeria, and to compare results with that of other literatures.