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ArticleCureus2025

Laparoscopic Drainage of a Gas-Forming Liver Abscess in a Hostile Abdomen: Surgical Feasibility Does Not Guarantee Survival.

Amador Humberto Falconi Santiago, Michelle Cruz Méndez, Emilio Mondragón Rosas, Marian V Iniesta Vallejo, Andrea Navalón Calzada, Alfonso Sandoval, Daniela Vega Hernández, Yael G Concha Sampedro, María C Gaspar Verduzco, Luis M Canal de Velasco and 1 more

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Article in Cureus, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Amador Humberto Falconi SantiagoDivision of Surgery, Department of Metabolic, Bariatric Surgery, and Advanced Laparoscopy, Angeles Universidad Hospital, Mexico City, MEX.
Michelle Cruz MéndezDepartment of Medicine, Mexican School of Medicine, La Salle University, Mexico City, MEX.
Emilio Mondragón RosasSchool of Medicine and Health Sciences, Tecnológico de Monterrey (ITESM), Mexico City, MEX.
Marian V Iniesta VallejoSchool of Medicine and Health Sciences, Tecnológico de Monterrey (ITESM), Mexico City, MEX.
Andrea Navalón CalzadaDepartment of Surgery, Spanish Hospital, Mexico City, MEX.
Alfonso SandovalDepartment of Investigation, National Institute of Respiratory Diseases (INER), Tecnológico de Monterrey (ITESM), Mexico City, MEX.
Daniela Vega HernándezSchool of Medicine and Health Sciences, Tecnológico de Monterrey (ITESM), Mexico City, MEX.
Yael G Concha SampedroSchool of Medicine and Health Sciences, Tecnológico de Monterrey (ITESM), Mexico City, MEX.
María C Gaspar VerduzcoSchool of Medicine and Health Sciences, Tecnológico de Monterrey (ITESM), Mexico City, MEX.
Luis M Canal de VelascoDepartment of Medicine, Panamerican University, Mexico City, MEX.
José Emiliano González FloresSchool of Medicine and Health Sciences, Tecnológico de Monterrey (ITESM), Mexico City, MEX.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A pyogenic liver abscess (PLA) is a potentially fatal intra-abdominal infection. Prognosis worsens when gas formation, multiloculated cavities, or multidrug-resistant organisms, such as extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing

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extended-spectrum β-lactamase (esbl)-producing escherichia colihostile abdomenlaparoscopic drainageliver abscesspyogenic infectionsepsis

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PMID41209878
PMCPMC12595755

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