Nonsurgical management of acute jejunal diverticulitis: A review

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 92, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1929-1931

  Novak, Jeffrey S ^a   Tobias, Jeffrey ^a   Barkin, Jamie S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOXITIN; CIPROFLOXACIN;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ACUTE ABDOMEN; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ASPIRATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIVERTICULITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; JEJUNUM DISEASE; MALE; PERITONITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIVERTICULITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JEJUNAL DISEASES; MALE; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; SUCTION;

EID: 0030870887     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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