CT-guided percutaneous catheter cecostomy.
A patient with pseudomembranous colitis is described in whom a percutaneous cecostomy was performed using computed tomographic guidance. Several lines of evidence indicate the safety of this approach, and clinical circumstances are suggested in which the procedure may have potential therapeutic benefit.
D000368:Aged; D002404:Catheterization; D002432:Cecum / Q000601:surgery*; D004761:Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / Q000628:therapy; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008722:Methods; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014640:Vancomycin / Q000008:administration & dosage
D014640:Vancomycin