Laparoscopic drainage of bilateral tuberculous psoas abscesses

Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy and Percutaneous Techniques

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 380-382

  Atkin, Gary ^a   Qurashi, Kamran ^a   Isla, Alberto ^a  

^a EALING HOSPITAL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Laparoscopy; Psoas abscess; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSOAS ABSCESS; RECURRENT INFECTION; TUBERCULOSIS; FOLLOW UP; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LAPAROSCOPY; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; WOUND DRAINAGE;

ADULT; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PSOAS ABSCESS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 33644876731     PISSN: 15304515     EISSN: 15344908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sle.0000191590.92108.c4     Document Type: Article

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