The inaccessible or undrainable abscess: How to drain it

Radiographics

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 717-735

  Maher, Michael M ^a   Gervais, Debra A ^a   Kalra, Mannudeep K ^a   Lucey, Brian ^a   Sahani, Dushyant V ^a   Arellano, Ronald ^a   Hahn, Peter F ^a   Mueller, Peter R ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdomen, abscess, **.2422; Abscess, CT, **.1211; Abscess, percutaneous drainage; Abscess, US, **.1298; Catheters and catheterization; Computed tomography (CT), guidance

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ASPIRATION; CATHETER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CROHN DISEASE; ECHOGRAPHY; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; PANCREAS ABSCESS; PANCREAS NECROSIS; PANCREAS PSEUDOCYST; PANCREATITIS; PELVIS ABSCESS; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SURGICAL APPROACH;

EID: 2542548029     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/rg.243035100     Document Type: Review

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