Invited Commentary to: 'Splenic Abscess and Infarction - Rare Events for which Surgery is Mandatory' (Eur. Surg. 2003; 35:321-324)

European Surgery - Acta Chirurgica Austriaca

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 326-

  Uranus S ^a   Alimoglu, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEVER; GRAM POSITIVE COCCI; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORTALITY; NOTE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; SPLEEN ABSCESS; SPLEEN FUNCTION; SPLEEN INFARCTION; SPLEEN RUPTURE; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENOMEGALY; SYMPTOM; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 17344390605     PISSN: 16821769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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