Image-guided surgical drainage of medial parapharyngeal abscesses in children: A novel adjuvant to a difficult approach

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 115-120

  Cable, Benjamin B ^a,b,f   Bauman, Nancy M ^a,b   Brenner, Pryor ^a,c   Mair, Eric A ^a,d,e  

^a Univ of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^c UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^d WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f TRIPLER ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Child; Image guided surgery; Neck abscess; Parapharyngeal space

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADJUVANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE GUIDED SURGERY; IMAGING; IMAGING SYSTEM; INFANT; MALE; MEDIAL PARAPHARYNX ABSCESS; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPHARYNGEAL ABSCESS; SUPERIOR PARAPHARYNGEAL SPACE; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 1242336896     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348940411300206     Document Type: Article

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