The Korle-Bu Surgical Experience of Buruli Ulcer

dc.contributor.author	Hesse, A.A.J.
dc.date.accessioned	2019-10-29T12:26:18Z
dc.date.available	2019-10-29T12:26:18Z
dc.date.issued	1995
dc.description	Journal Article on Paediatric Surgical Experience of Buruli Ulcer	en_US
dc.description.abstract	Buruli ulcer is a chronic skin ulcer caused by the organism Mycobacterium ulcerans. In the paediatric surgical practice at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital. 15 patients with confirmed Buruli ulcers aged from 3 to 10 years were seen and treated over the period 1989-\991. Diagnosis was by biopsy which was positive ill all cases in which it was done. Surgery by wide excision was the mainstay of treatment. Skin grafting was done in 3 cases. Length of hospital stay was in excess of 2 months. There were no deaths in the group presented, however. residual deformity occurred in all cases. The experience of these cases is prescribed here with a review of the literature	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://www.ghanamedj.org/archives/GMJ%201995%20Vol%2029%20No%201/Paediatric%20surgical%20experience%20of%20buruli%20ulcer.pdf
dc.identifier.uri	http://ugspace.ug.edu.gh/handle/123456789/33156
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Ghana Medical Journal	en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries	29;
dc.subject	Mycobacterium ulcerans	en_US
dc.subject	Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital	en_US
dc.subject	Buruli ulcers	en_US
dc.subject	Surgical Experience	en_US
dc.title	The Korle-Bu Surgical Experience of Buruli Ulcer	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US

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