Open abdominal wall defects and open spina bifida at a regional hospital in northern KwaZulu-Natal – bellwether conditions for neonatal surgery capacity-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Open abdominal wall defects and open spina bifida at a regional hospital in northern KwaZulu-Natal – bellwether conditions for neonatal surgery capacity

Published:2024-03 Issue:1 Volume:62 Page:48-53
ISSN:0038-2361
Container-title:South African Journal of Surgery
language:en
Short-container-title:South African Journal of Surgery

Author:

Vosloo R¹²^ORCID,Wyer G²^ORCID,Naidoo L¹³^ORCID,Enicker B⁴⁵^ORCID,Maharaj AG⁶⁷^ORCID,Kapongo NC¹²^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, College of Health Sciences, School of Clinical Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

2. Department of Paediatrics, Queen Nandi Regional Hospital, South Africa

3. Department of Paediatrics (Neonatal ICU), Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital, South Africa

4. Department of Neurosurgery, Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital, South Africa

5. Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

6. Department of Paediatric Surgery, Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital, South Africa

7. Department of Paediatric Surgery, College of Health Sciences, School of Clinical Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Publisher

Medpharm Publications

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