title: [Percutaneous drainage of infected abdominal collections. Guiding principles and results].
abstract: The authors report their results with percutaneous drainage of 29 abdominal abscesses in 28 patients. Two types of catheters were used: the pigtail angio-catheter and the trocar-catheter. CT scan and ultrasonography were the diagnostic technics used to localize the majority of these collections (20). Seventeen abscesses (58.6%) were cured by this drainage technique. Surgical drainage was necessary in 10 patients (34.4%). Six patients died: 4 of those had surgical drainage and 2 percutaneous drainage only. The cause of death in all cases was multiple organ failure secondary to a virulent noncontrolled infection. Analysis of the results uncovers 3 poor indications for percutaneous drainage: the digestive fistulous tract abscess, acute necrotic pancreatitis with secondary infection and the multi-loculated abscess. The best results are obtained in the case with a hepatic or left subdiaphragmatic abscess. No serious complication was related to the technique itself.
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen; D000038:Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004322:Drainage / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008100:Liver Abscess / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013369:Subphrenic Abscess / Q000628:therapy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography
vernacular_title: Drainage percutané des collections abdominales infectées. Technique de guidage et résultats.