Psoas abscess rarely requires surgical intervention

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 196, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 223-227

  Yacoub, Wael N ^a   Sohn, Helen J ^a   Chan, Sirius ^a   Petrosyan, Mikael ^a   Vermaire, Hope M ^a   Kelso, Rebecca L ^a   Towfigh, Shirin ^a   Mason, Rodney J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Nonsurgical management; Percutaneous drainage; Psoas abscess

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MALE; MORTALITY; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSOAS ABSCESS; RECURRENT DISEASE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSOAS ABSCESS; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 47249151331     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2007.07.032     Document Type: Article

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