Percutaneous drainage of liver abscess complicated by hepato-venous fistula

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 299-301

  Chung, Y F A ^a   Tay, K H ^b   Tan, B S ^b   Htoo, A M M ^b   Thng, C H ^b   Chow, P K H ^a   Ooi, L L P J ^a   Lau, T N ^b  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Hepato venous fistula; Liver abscess; Percutaneous drainage; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FISTULA; HEPATOVENOUS FISTULA; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER VEIN; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; PORTAL VEIN; SEPSIS;

AGED; BILIARY FISTULA; CATHETERIZATION; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGIC SEPTICEMIA; HEPATIC VEINS; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA; LIVER ABSCESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTAL VEIN; SEPSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0041817768     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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