The management of pelvic abscess

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 667-678

  Granberg, Seth ^a   Gjelland, Knut ^b   Ekerhovd, Erling ^c,d  

^a AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c Section for Rheumatology   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

management; transvaginal drainage; tubo ovarian abscess; ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN; CLINDAMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; METRONIDAZOLE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COLPOTOMY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG CHOICE; FERTILITY; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROTOMY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT SAFETY; PELVIS ABSCESS; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; SECOND LOOK SURGERY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TUBOOVARIAN ABSCESS; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABSCESS; CHILLS; DRAINAGE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FALLOPIAN TUBE DISEASES; FEMALE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; OVARIAN DISEASES; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PROCEDURES;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABSCESS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILLS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DRAINAGE; FALLOPIAN TUBE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; OVARIAN DISEASES; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 69349100120     PISSN: 15216934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2009.01.010     Document Type: Article

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