Management of abdominal and pelvic abscesses that persist despite satisfactory percutaneous drainage catheter placement

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 194, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 815-820

  Gee, Michael S ^a   Kim, John Y ^a   Gervais, Debra A ^a   Hahn, Peter F ^a   Mueller, Peter R ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Abscess; Catheter; Drainage; Intervention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEVER; FISTULA; HUMAN; IMAGING; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PELVIS ABSCESS; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURGICAL DRAINAGE;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATHETERIZATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; RETREATMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77749283607     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.09.3282     Document Type: Article

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