Closed drainage of liver abscesses: The 'UNICAL' drain as an efficient and cost saving device in a tropical setting

Nigerian Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 396-399

  Ndoma Egba, R ^a   Asuquo, M ^a   Ugare, G U ^a   Udoh, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Closed drainage; Drain; Liver absesses; UNICAL

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETERIZATION; COST; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LIVER ABSCESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; WOUND DRAINAGE;

ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CATHETERIZATION; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DRAINAGE; HUMANS; LIVER ABSCESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 65349163367     PISSN: 11193077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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