Ultrasonically guided percutaneous treatment of liver abscesses.
Twenty-two patients with liver abscesses demonstrated by ultrasonography (US) were treated over a nine-year period. The diagnosis was in all cases verified by puncture. The patients were treated by US-guided puncture or catheter drainage. Seventeen patients (77%) were cured without surgical drainage. Four patients were cured after subsequent surgical intervention. One patient died later of pancreatic carcinoma. There were no complications from the US-guided therapy. For the treatment of liver abscesses we recommend US-guided drainage as the first choice. Close collaboration between surgeon and radiologist is mandatory since some of these patients still need surgical treatment.
Department of Ultrasound, Herlev Hospital, University of Copenhagen.
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D004322:Drainage / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology*; D008100:Liver Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D008101:Liver Abscess, Amebic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011677:Punctures / Q000379:methods; D014463:Ultrasonography