Pneumoperitoneum following the spontaneous rupture of a gas-containing pyogenic liver abscess: Report of a case

Surgery Today

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 76-79

  Ukikusa, Minoru ^a   Inomoto, Takuya ^a   Kitai, Toshiyuki ^a   Ino, Keiichi ^a   Higashiyama, Hiroshi ^a   Arimoto, Akira ^a   Nakajima, Yasuo ^a   Hanafusa, Tetsuji ^a   Awane, Hiroji ^a  

^a OSAKA RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Gas containing pyogenic liver abscess; Operative drainage; Pneumoperitoneum

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ACUTE ABDOMEN; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMAN; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER RUPTURE; MALE; PERITONEUM LAVAGE; PNEUMOPERITONEUM;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DRAINAGE; HUMANS; LIVER ABSCESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERITONEAL LAVAGE; PNEUMOPERITONEUM; RUPTURE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0035089361     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005950170226     Document Type: Article

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