Laparoscopic drainage of liver abscesses

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 330-332

  Tay, K H ^a   Ravintharan, T ^a   Hoe, M N Y ^a   See, A C H ^a   Chng, H C ^a  

^a New Changi Hospital   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PETHIDINE;

ADULT; AGED; AMEBIASIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHOLELITHIASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KLEBSIELLA; LAPAROSCOPY; LIVER ABSCESS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; WOUND DRAINAGE;

AGED; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LIVER ABSCESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031885468     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2168.1998.00617.x     Document Type: Article

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