title: Diagnosis and therapy of retroperitoneal abscesses.
abstract: The surgical importance of the retroperitoneal space is indisputable. Bordered by the transverse fascia, the abdominal and lumbar muscles and the spine, it is in connection with the mediastinum and the subperitoneal area, and may be the site of various processes causing diagnostic and therapeutic problems. Retroperitoneal processes may arise from organs which are completely or partly retroperitoneal (duodenum, kidneys, major vessels). Of these processes the retroperitoneal abscesses are dealt with in the present work.
authors.affiliation: Department Clinic of Surgery, Semmelweis University Medical School, Budapest, Hungary.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Jakab
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Egri
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Faller
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004322:Drainage; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D012187:Retroperitoneal Space / Q000601:surgery; D012189:Retrospective Studies