Distinguishing gelatin bioabsorbable sponge and postoperative abdominal abscess on CT

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 184, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 475-480

  Sandrasegaran, Kumaresan ^a   Lall, Chandana ^a   Rajesh, Arumugam ^b   Maglinte, Dean T ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LEICESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GELATIN; HEMOSTATIC AGENT; CONTRAST MEDIUM; GELATIN SPONGE;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FOREIGN BODY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODIES; GELATIN SPONGE, ABSORBABLE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 15944376932     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.184.2.01840475     Document Type: Article

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