Psoas abscess following extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy

Scandinavian Journal of Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 237-238

  Qureshi, F ^a,b   Thompson, P M ^a  

^a Joyce Green Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b DONCASTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computerized tomography (CT); Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL); Psoas abscess

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTOSIS; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSOAS ABSCESS;

ADULT; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KIDNEY CALCULI; LITHOTRIPSY; PROTEUS INFECTIONS; PSOAS ABSCESS;

EID: 0031813792     PISSN: 00365599     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/003655998750015674     Document Type: Article

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