Percutaneous drainage of hepatic abscesses: Therapy does not differ for those with identifiable biliary fistula

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 620-626

  Bayraktar, Yusuf ^a,b   Arslan, Serap ^a   Sivri, Bulent ^a   Eryilmaz, Muzaffer ^a   Akova, Murat ^a   Van Thiel, David H ^b,c   Kayhan, Burhan ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b OKLAHOMA MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^c Transplantation Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Amoebic abscesses; Computed tomography; Liver abscesses; Percutaneous aspiration; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; METRONIDAZOLE;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BILE DUCT FISTULA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIVER ABSCESS; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BILIARY FISTULA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATHETERIZATION; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER ABSCESS, AMEBIC; MALE; SUCTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0029999126     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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