[Therapy of pyogenic liver abscess].
Between 1980 and 1986, 11 patients with pyogenic liver abscess were treated at the Department of Internal Medicine at the Kantonsspital St. Gallen. 2 patients underwent successful surgical drainage and 9 patients percutaneous needle aspiration or drainage. 7 were successfully treated while 2 required secondary surgical drainage. Our results suggest that percutaneous aspiration or drainage of pyogenic liver abscess should be tried before surgery is considered.
Departement für Innere Medizin, Kantonsspital St. Gallen.
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001424:Bacterial Infections; D004322:Drainage; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008100:Liver Abscess / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000209:etiology; D011677:Punctures; D012008:Recurrence
Therapie des pyogenen Leberabszesses.