Percutaneous abscess drainage in patients with perforated acute appendicitis: effectiveness, safety, and prediction of outcome

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 194, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 422-429

  Marin, Daniele ^a   Ho, Lisa M ^a   Barnhart, Huiman ^a   Neville, Amy M ^a   White, Rebekah R ^a   Paulson, Erik K ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal abscess; Effectiveness; Percutaneous drainage; Perforated acute appendicitis

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; REPEAT PROCEDURE; SAFETY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDICITIS; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 76149107144     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.09.3098     Document Type: Article

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