An extended retroperitoneal abscess caused by duodenal diverticulum perforation: Report of a case and short review of the literature

American Surgeon

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 85-88

  Andromanakos, Nikolaus ^a   Filippou, Dimitrios ^b,c   Skandalakis, Panayiotis ^a   Kouraklis, Gregorios ^a   Kostakis, Alkiviadis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b General Hospital of Piraeus Tzaneio   (Greece)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIATRIZOATE;

ABDOMINAL DRAINAGE; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DUODENUM PERFORATION; GASTRECTOMY; GASTRECTOMY BILLROTH II; GASTRODUODENOSTOMY; GASTROENTEROSTOMY; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTESTINE ANASTOMOSIS; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RETROPERITONEAL ABSCESS; RETROPERITONEUM; ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIVERTICULOSIS; DUODENUM DISEASE; FOLLOW UP; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; RUPTURE;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIVERTICULUM; DUODENAL DISEASES; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTRECTOMY; GASTROENTEROSTOMY; HUMANS; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROPERITONEAL SPACE; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33846957181     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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