Parapharyngeal abscess: Comprehensive management protocol

ORL

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 37-42

  Oh, Jeong Hoon ^a   Kim, Youngju ^a   Kim, Chul Ho ^a  

^a Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Management protocol; Parapharyngeal abscesses

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; COURSE EVALUATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPHARYNGEAL ABSCESS; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; THERAPY EFFECT; TRACHEOTOMY; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; RETROPHARYNGEAL ABSCESS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33845810509     PISSN: 03011569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000096715     Document Type: Article

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