Septic Thrombophlebitis of the Portal and Superior Mesenteric Veins as a Complication of Appendicitis: Report of a Case

Surgery Today

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 173-176

  Nishimori, Hidefumi ^a   Ezoe, Eiri ^a   Ura, Hideki ^a   Imaizumi, Hitoshi ^a   Meguro, Makoto ^a   Furuhata, Tomohisa ^a   Katsuramaki, Tadashi ^a   Hata, Fumitake ^a   Yasoshima, Takahiro ^a   Hirata, Koichi ^a   Asai, Yasufumi ^a  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Liver abscess; Septic thrombophlebitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; CEFTAZIDIME; CILASTATIN; HEPARIN; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; MINOCYCLINE; WARFARIN;

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONVALESCENCE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FOGARTY CATHETER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PORTAL VEIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SEPSIS; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC VEIN; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; THROMBUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; APPENDICITIS; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; BACTEROIDES INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LIVER ABSCESS; MALE; MESENTERIC VEINS; PORTAL VEIN; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 10744224383     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00595-003-2654-8     Document Type: Article

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