Percutaneous treatment of liver abscess – outcomes
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Percutaneous drainage for treatment of prostate abscess.
Received June 2010 Accepted July 2010 INTRODUCTION Prostate abscess is a rare infection and can be treated by antibiotic administration and drainage.(1) The reported mortality rate of the prostate abscess is between 3% and 16%.(1,2) In patients refractory to medical treatment, surgical interventions are advocated. We report a patient with the prostate abscess who was treated with percutaneous d...
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عنوان ژورنال: Gastroenterology Review
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1895-5770
DOI: 10.5114/pg.2019.85896