title: Percutaneous treatment of pyogenic liver abscess: a critical analysis of results.
abstract: Nineteen patients who had pyogenic liver abscesses underwent percutaneous treatment assisted by computed tomography. Percutaneous drainage was performed with Fr 8-14 catheters in 12 patients and percutaneous aspiration in 7 patients. A solitary abscess was present in 15 patients and multiple abscesses were present in 4. The average drainage duration was 26 days. Successful treatment was obtained in 16 of 19 (84%) cases. One abscess recurred and was cured by repeat drainage. Two patients died. Reviewing 14 reports from the literature with a total of 252 patients treated percutaneously, an overall success rate of 77% and a mortality rate of 6% was found.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Centre Hospitalier, Luxembourg.
authors.forename: R F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Dondelinger
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Kurdziel
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gathy
mesh_terms: D002404:Catheterization; D004322:Drainage / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D001239:Inhalation; D008100:Liver Abscess / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013492:Suppuration; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed