TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Hepatic Abscess A1 - Doherty, Gerard M. PY - 2010 T2 - Quick Answers Surgery AB - • Etiologies include: -Benign or malignant obstruction with cholangitis-Extrahepatic abdominal sepsis-Trauma or surgery to right upper quadrant-Hepatic artery thrombosis or hepatic artery chemotherapy• Multifocal abscesses: Usually due to biliary obstruction and cholangitis• Unifocal abscess: Usually due to hematogenous spread from abdominal sepsis• Risk factors: -Metastatic cancer-Diabetes-Alcoholism• Mortality, 15% SN - PB - The McGraw-Hill Companies CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/10/05 UR - accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=58112238 ER -