Percutaneous drainage for giant pyogenic liver abscess—is it safe and sufficient?

2015/05/07 by Saleem Ahmed, Clement L.K. Chia, Clement Luck Khng Chia +3 · 25 citations
Medicine · #Abscess #Amoebic Infections and Treatments #Contraindication #Drainage #Liver abscess #Medicine #Otolaryngology and Infectious Diseases #Percutaneous #Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases #Pyogenic liver abscess #Retrospective cohort study #Surgery #Tertiary care

paper · doi:10.1016/j.amjsurg.2015.03.002

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