Imaging and percutaneous treatment of secondarily infected hepatic infarctions

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 190, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 601-607

  Stewart, Bruce G ^a   Gervais, Debra A ^a   O'Neill, Mary J ^a,b   Boland, Giles W ^a   Hahn, Peter F ^a   Mueller, Peter R ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Beverly Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Abscess drainage; Hepatic infarction; Hepatic transplantation; Polymicrobial infections; Superinfection; Whipple procedure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER HILUS; LIVER INFARCTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; PATIENT SAFETY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUPERINFECTION; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFARCTION; LIVER; LIVER ABSCESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUCTION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 39749123721     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.2005     Document Type: Article

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