Percutaneous drainage of intra-abdominal abscesses in Crohn's disease: Short and long term outcome

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 275-278

  Sahai, Anand ^a   Bélair, Manon ^a   Gianfelice, David ^a   Coté, Simon ^b   Gratton, Jacques ^c   Lahaie, Raymond ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CROHN DISEASE; ENTEROCUTANEOUS FISTULA; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031046563     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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