title: Percutaneous catheter drainage of abdominal abscesses.
abstract: This paper presents a study of 45 patients who had percutaneous catheter drainage of 52 intra-abdominal abscesses. In 37 patients this was the only treatment necessary; the other 8 needed further surgery to correct the cause of the abscess or treat concurrent surgical disease. The catheter complication rate was 3.8%.
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen; D000038:Abscess / Q000601:surgery*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002404:Catheterization; D002764:Cholecystitis / Q000601:surgery; D004322:Drainage / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged