The limited use of ultrasound in the detection of abdominal abscesses in patients after colorectal surgery: Compared with gallium scan and computed tomography

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 52, Issue 61, 2005, Pages 79-81

  Lin, Chang Muh ^a   Hung, Guang Uei ^b   Chao, Te Hsin ^a   Lin, Wan Yu ^a   Wang, Shyh Jen ^a  

^a TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANGHUA CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Colorectal surgery; CT scan; Gallium scan; Intra abdominal abscess; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

GALLIUM;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORECTAL SURGERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCINTISCANNING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GALLIUM; GALLIUM RADIOISOTOPES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 14144253550     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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