(MedPage Today) -- Ultrasonographically guided needle aspiration -- a minimally invasive treatment for uncomplicated superficial skin abscesses -- has a failure rate of almost three in four, researchers reported.
failure rateFailure High In Needle Aspiration of Skin Abscesses (CME/CE)MedPage Today Infectious Disease Tue, 01/18/2011 - 09:00
Allograft ACL Repair Questioned in Young Active PatientsMedPage Today Surgery Thu, 07/10/2008 - 06:39
ORLANDO -- Using tissue from cadavers to reconstruct anterior cruciate ligaments in young active patients is associated with a failure rate of nearly 25%, a researcher said here. "I hope that some day you get your wish"Health Care Renewal Fri, 05/16/2008 - 05:06
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