Abdominal Computed Tomography for Postoperative Abscess: Is It Useful During the First Week?

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 901-905

  Antevil, Jared L ^a   Egan, John C ^a   Woodbury, Robert O ^a   Rivera, Louis ^a   OReilly, Eamon B ^a   Brown, Carlos V R ^a  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

abscess; diagnostic imaging; diagnostic techniques and procedures; postoperative complications; Spiral computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; APPENDECTOMY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33744922691     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gassur.2005.12.006     Document Type: Article

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