A case of splenic abscess after radiofrequency ablation

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 12, Issue 26, 2006, Pages 4256-4258

  Zacharoulis, Dimitris ^a   Katsogridakis, Emmanuel ^a   Hatzitheofilou, Constantinos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF LARISSA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Abscess; Hydatid disease; Partial splenectomy; Radio frequency ablation

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON RESECTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DESICCATION; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYDATID CYST; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER HYDATID CYST; MALE; PELVIS FLOOR; PLEURA EFFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SEPTIC SHOCK; SPLEEN ABSCESS; SPLEEN HYDATID CYST; SPLENECTOMY; STOMACH DISTENSION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33748620279     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i26.4256     Document Type: Article

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