Patient's characteristics, management practices and outcome of re-laparotomies in a tertiary hospital in Tanzania

Background: Relaparotomy is an important indicator of the safety and quality of laparotomy in any surgical setting. Despite this, its measure in many low- and middle-income countries is scarce, Tanzania included. Understanding its existence will help curb it and mitigate its adverse outcomes by syst...

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Main Authors: Andrew Y. Swallow, Larry O. Akoko, Leonard E. Lema
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-07-01
Series:Heliyon
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844020311397