title: Use of a double-needle technique for safer entry into an abdominal abscess.
abstract: Where a potentially hazardous approach for drainage of an intra-abdominal abscess or fluid collection is unavoidable, the double-needle puncture technique described here can prevent inadvertent penetration of bowel.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: G P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Teitelbaum
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen; D000038:Abscess / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D002404:Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation; D004322:Drainage / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007412:Intestinal Fistula / Q000150:complications; D008875:Middle Aged; D009339:Needles; D012810:Sigmoid Diseases / Q000150:complications; D014463:Ultrasonography