Complex abdominal and pelvic abscesses: Efficacy of adjunctive tissue-type plasminogen activator for drainage

Radiology

Volumn 247, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 567-573

  Beland, Michael D ^a   Gervais, Debra A ^a   Levis, Diane A ^a   Hahn, Peter F ^a   Arellano, Ronald S ^a   Mueller, Peter R ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; CATHETERIZATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; PELVIS ABSCESS; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND DRAINAGE;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATHETERIZATION; CHILD; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIS; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 44449152562     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2472070761     Document Type: Article

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