Surgical Science

Vol.5 No.8(2014), Paper ID 48461, 5 pages

DOI:10.4236/ss.2014.58055

 

Treating Tropical Pyomyositis (Myositis Tropicans) Using Primary Closure and Vacuum Drainage

 

Joseph Yorke, Pius Agbenorku, Joseph Akpaloo, Charles Appiah, Papa Kwesi Sansomir Fiifi-Yankson, Michael Adinku, Ewura Adjoa Ahenfoa Ben-Crentsil, Dennis Afful-Yorke

 

Department of Surgery, School of Medical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana
Directorate of Surgery, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana
Directorate of Surgery, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana
Directorate of Surgery, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana
Directorate of Surgery, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana
Directorate of Surgery, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana
Directorate of Surgery, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana
School of Medical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

 

Copyright © 2014 Joseph Yorke, Pius Agbenorku, Joseph Akpaloo, Charles Appiah, Papa Kwesi Sansomir Fiifi-Yankson, Michael Adinku, Ewura Adjoa Ahenfoa Ben-Crentsil, Dennis Afful-Yorke et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

 

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Yorke, J. , Agbenorku, P. , Akpaloo, J. , Appiah, C. , Sansomir Fiifi-Yankson, P. , Adinku, M. , Ahenfoa Ben-Crentsil, E. and Afful-Yorke, D. (2014) Treating Tropical Pyomyositis (Myositis Tropicans) Using Primary Closure and Vacuum Drainage. Surgical Science, 5, 333-337. doi: 10.4236/ss.2014.58055.

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