Transvaginal Ultrasound-Guided Aspiration of Pelvic Abscesses

P. J. Corsi; S. C. Johnson; B.  Gonik; S. L. Hendrix; S. G. McNeeley; M. P. Diamond

doi:10.1155/S1064744999000393

Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology (Jan 1999)

Transvaginal Ultrasound-Guided Aspiration of Pelvic Abscesses

P. J. Corsi,
S. C. Johnson,
B. Gonik,
S. L. Hendrix,
S. G. McNeeley,
M. P. Diamond

Affiliations

P. J. Corsi: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University School of Medicine and the Detroit Medical Center, Detroit, MI, USA
S. C. Johnson: Department of Radiology, Wayne State University School of Medicine and the Detroit Medical Center, Detroit, MI, USA
B. Gonik: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University School of Medicine and the Detroit Medical Center, Detroit, MI, USA
S. L. Hendrix: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University School of Medicine and the Detroit Medical Center, Detroit, MI, USA
S. G. McNeeley: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University School of Medicine and the Detroit Medical Center, Detroit, MI, USA
M. P. Diamond: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University School of Medicine and the Detroit Medical Center, Detroit, MI, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/S1064744999000393
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. 5
pp. 216 – 221

Abstract

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Objective: To assess the utility of a less invasive approach to the care of women with a pelvic abscess, we retrospectively reviewed the outcome of women with pelvic abscesses managed by transvaginal ultrasound-guided aspiration.

Published in Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology

ISSN: 1064-7449 (Print); 1098-0997 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Gynecology and obstetrics; Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/7281

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