Is Percutaneous Drainage the New Gold Standard in the Management of Emphysematous Pyelonephritis? Evidence From a Systematic Review

Journal of Urology

Volumn 179, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1844-1849

  Somani, Bhaskar K ^a   Nabi, Ghulam ^a   Thorpe, Peter ^a   Hussey, Jeff ^a   Cook, Jonathan ^a   N'Dow, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

drainage; infection; kidney; pyelonephritis; surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; EMPHYSEMATOUS PYELONEPHIRITIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORTALITY; NEPHRECTOMY; NEPHRON; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PYELONEPHRITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; URINARY TRACT OBSTRUCTION;

DRAINAGE; EMPHYSEMA; HUMANS; PUNCTURES; PYELONEPHRITIS;

EID: 41749123906     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2008.01.019     Document Type: Article

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