title: The child's noma in an hospital center in Burkina Faso : Clinical features and course.
abstract: In order to study the therapeutic and developing aspect the child's noma in Burkina Faso, we have undertaken a retrospective study on a ten-years-period, with the files of 59 children hospitalized in the hospital of Bobo-Dioulasso, completed with a visit to the children's families after their leaving the hospital. The medical treatment has allowed to reach a recovery rate of 79.6% at the cost of aesthetic and functional after-effects which aren't negligible. The death rate in hospital was 13.7%. 31 children have profited from the restoring surgery of lesions. The care out of hospital has showed that the surgical results were mitigated.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bonkoungou
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sawadogo
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Balaka
authors.forename: Fr
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tall