Percutaneous and surgical treatment of pyogenic liver abscesses: Observation over a 21-year period in 148 patients

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 690-696

  Ferraioli, G ^a   Garlaschelli, A ^a   Zanaboni, D ^a   Gulizia, R ^a   Brunetti, E ^a   Tinozzi, F P ^a   Camma C ^b   Filice, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Drainage; Interventional procedure; Liver; Liver abscess; Retrospective studies; Treatment outcome; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PYOGENIC LIVER ABSCESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER ABSCESS, PYOGENIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PUNCTURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 45849092570     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2008.01.016     Document Type: Article

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