Percutaneous drainage of pyogenic liver abscesses.
Twenty-one patients with liver abscesses were treated by percutaneous drainage over a 2 1/2-year period. Percutaneous drainage was successful in 18 (85%) of 21 patients. Complications include 2 inadvertently dislodged catheters, 1 septicemia and 1 pleural effusion. There were 2 deaths. The low morbidity and high success rate in treating hepatic abscesses by percutaneous drainage suggest that this therapy should be tried before operative intervention is considered.
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Department of Radiology, Westmead Hospital, New South Wales, Australia.
D004322:Drainage / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008100:Liver Abscess / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D009517:New South Wales / Q000453:epidemiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed