Laparoscopic drainage of pyogenic liver abscesses

Surgery Today

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 323-325

  Wang, Weu ^a   Lee, Wei Jei ^a   Wei, Po Li ^a   Chen, Tai Chi ^a   Huang, Ming Te ^a,b  

^a EN CHU KONG HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NONE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Laparoscopic drainage; Laparoscopic ultrasonography; Liver abscess

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DRUG SAFETY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LIVER ABSCESS; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPTIC SHOCK; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

AGED; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LIVER ABSCESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1842556616     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00595-003-2709-x     Document Type: Article

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