Percutaneous CT-guided catheter drainage of infected acute necrotizing pancreatitis: Techniques and results

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 170, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 969-975

  Freeny, Patrick C ^a   Hauptmann, Ellen ^b   Althaus, Sandra J ^a   Traverso, L William ^b   Sinanan, Mika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEMORRHAGIC PANCREATITIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PANCREAS FISTULA; PANCREAS SURGERY; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0031919936     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.170.4.9530046     Document Type: Article

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