Pyogenic liver abscess: The role of surgical treatment

International Surgery

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 98-101

  Herman, P ^a,b   Pugliese, V ^a   Montagnini, A L ^a   Salem, M Z ^a   Machado, M A C ^a   Monteiro Da Cunha, J E ^a   Bacchella, T ^a   Machado, M C C ^a   Pinotti, H W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Drainage; Pyogenic liver abscess; Surgical treatment

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER ABSCESS; MALE; MORTALITY; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; SEPSIS; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER ABSCESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0030918581     PISSN: 00208868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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