Recurrent Abdominal and Pelvic Abscesses: Incidence, Results of Repeated Percutaneous Drainage, and Underlying Causes in 956 Drainages

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 182, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 463-466

  Gervais, Debra A ^a   Ho, Chi Hi ^a   O'Neill, Mary J ^a   Arellano, Ronald S ^a   Hahn, Peter F ^a   Mueller, Peter R ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NONHUMAN; OPERATION DURATION; PANCREAS ABSCESS; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PELVIS ABSCESS; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; RECURRENT DISEASE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TIME; TOMOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND DRAINAGE;

EID: 1642568808     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.182.2.1820463     Document Type: Review

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