A new interventional technique for percutaneous treatment of drainage-resistant liver abscess

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 83, Issue 993, 2010, Pages

  De Jong, Koert P ^a   Prins, T R ^a   Hofker, H S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CAPECITABINE;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; AGED; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; CASE REPORT; CATHETER; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; CHOLANGITIS; DEBRIDEMENT; DILATATION; DUODENUM CARCINOMA; FEVER; GASTROJEJUNOSTOMY; HEPATOJEJUNOSTOMY; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; LAVAGE; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER NECROSIS; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; OBSTRUCTIVE JAUNDICE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PANCREAS CARCINOMA; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; PULSED LAVAGE; STENT; SURGICAL DRAINAGE;

AGED; CATHETERIZATION; DRAINAGE; HUMANS; LIVER ABSCESS; MALE; THERAPEUTIC IRRIGATION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77955989929     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/69471744     Document Type: Article

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