Ultrasound-guided puncture of the gallbladder for acute cholecystitis

Acta Gastro-Enterologica Belgica

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 151-152

  Verbanck, J ^a   Ghillebert, G ^a   Rutgeerts, L ^a   Baert, F ^a   Goethals, C ^a   Schepkens, H ^a   Geldhof, K ^a   Surmont, I ^a  

^a H Hartziekenhuts ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

Acute cholecystitis; Gallbladder; Puncture; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ADULT; AGED; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTOSTOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL RISK; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOLECYSTITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GALLBLADDER; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PUNCTURES; SUCTION; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031812499     PISSN: 00015644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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