Surgical Management of Abdominal Tuberculosis

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 862-867

  Hassan, Imran ^a   Brilakis, Emmanouil S ^a   Thompson, Rodney L ^a   Que, Florencia G ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal tuberculosis; Ct scans; Laparoscopy; Management; United states

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INFECTION; ABDOMINAL TUBERCULOSIS; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL RECORD; MICROBIOLOGY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSOAS ABSCESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOM; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, GASTROINTESTINAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036835624     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1091-255X(02)00063-X     Document Type: Article

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