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Percutaneous drainage as a first therapeutic step prior to surgery in liver hydatid cyst abscess: Is it worth it?

AIM: To delay surgery until the patient is in a better condition, and thus to decrease postoperative morbidity. METHODS: Using this algorithm we treated three patients aged 55, 75 and 80 years. In all three patients the clinical presentation was fever without a clear source of infection; all had non...

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Autores principales: Lopez-Marcano, Aylhin J, Ramia, Jose M, Arteaga, Vladimir, De la Plaza, Roberto, Gonzales, Jhonny D, Medina, Anibal
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Baishideng Publishing Group Inc 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5241529/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28144393
http://dx.doi.org/10.4254/wjh.v9.i2.114