Dry Gangrene in Children with Typhoid Intestinal Perforation: A Report of Two Cases-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Dry Gangrene in Children with Typhoid Intestinal Perforation: A Report of Two Cases

Published:2018-10-08 Issue: Volume:2018 Page:1-4
ISSN:2090-6900
Container-title:Case Reports in Surgery
language:en
Short-container-title:Case Reports in Surgery

Author:

Anyanwu Lofty-John C.¹^ORCID,Mohammad Aminu M.¹,Abdullahi Lawal B.¹,Ibrahim Mustapha U.²,Farinyaro Aliyu U.¹,Aliyu Mohammed S.¹,Obaro Stephen K.³⁴⁵

Affiliation:

1. Paediatric Surgery Unit, Department of Surgery, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Bayero University Kano, Nigeria

2. Orthopaedic Surgery Unit, Department of Surgery, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Bayero University Kano, Nigeria

3. Department of Paediatrics, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano., Nigeria

4. International Foundation Against Infectious Diseases in Nigeria (IFAIN), Nigeria

5. Division of Pediatrics Infectious Disease, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, USA

Abstract

Intestinal perforation is a life-threatening complication of typhoid fever commonly seen in developing countries, but extraintestinal complications are infrequently reported. We report herein two cases of gangrene seen in children managed for typhoid intestinal perforation, highlighting the challenges faced in their management.

Publisher

Hindawi Limited

Subject

General Earth and Planetary Sciences,Water Science and Technology,Geography, Planning and Development

Link

http://downloads.hindawi.com/journals/cris/2018/7097014.pdf

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