Sonographically guided transvaginal or transrectal pelvic abscess drainage using the trocar method with a new drainage guide attachment

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 191, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1540-1544

  McGahan, John P ^a   Wu, Charlyne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Catheter placement; Drainage guide attachment; Pelvic abscess; Sonographic guidance; Trocar method

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CATHETER; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIVERTICULITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PELVIS ABSCESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TROCAR; ULTRASOUND;

ABSCESS; ADULT; AGED; CATHETERIZATION; DRAINAGE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; RECTUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; VAGINA;

EID: 55549084200     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.3830     Document Type: Article

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