Ultrasonically guided percutaneous drainage of solitary liver abscess: successful treatment in four cases.
We used a specially designed real-time ultrasound probe (puncture transducer) to puncture solitary liver abscesses for diagnosis and drainage therapeutic purposes. The techniques in four patients so treated is described along with the ultrasonograms and roentgenograms of the opacified abscesses.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004322:Drainage / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008100:Liver Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014463:Ultrasonography