Randomized Prospective Comparison of Alteplase versus Saline Solution for the Percutaneous Treatment of Loculated Abdominopelvic Abscesses

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 906-911

  Cheng, Daniel ^a   Nagata, Kristen T ^a   Yoon, Hyo Chun ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; CATHFLO ACTIVASE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PELVIS ABSCESS; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATHETERIZATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SOLUTIONS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 44149100219     PISSN: 10510443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2008.03.007     Document Type: Article

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