Imaging guided streptokinase injected through small bore pigtail tail catheter in management of complicated empyema in pediatrics
Purpose: This study was done targeting the role of streptokinase injected through pigtail catheter in treatment of pleural empyema in pediatric. Subjects and methods: 15 patients were involved in this study of age ranged from 5 months to 15 years were subjected to STK injection once daily until the...
Main Authors: | Sherif El-Sayed Mahmoud Hegab, Maged Mohamed El-Sayed Eissa, Amr Aly Aly Abdel-Kerim, Mohamed Said Abel Aziz |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SpringerOpen
2017-03-01
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Series: | The Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378603X16302200 |
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