Large pyogenic liver abscess: open surgical drainage for all?
2006
Vui Heng Chong
UI
MeSH Term
Description
Entries
D004322
Drainage
The removal of fluids or discharges from the body, such as from a wound, sore, or cavity.
D006801
Humans
Members of the species Homo sapiens.
Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D046290
Liver Abscess, Pyogenic
Single or multiple areas of PUS due to bacterial infection within the hepatic parenchyma. It can be caused by a variety of BACTERIA, local or disseminated from infections elsewhere such as in APPENDICITIS; CHOLECYSTITIS; PERITONITIS; and after LIVER TRANSPLANTATION.