title: Drainage of hepatic amebic abscess successfully treated by laparoscopy.
abstract: A case of hepatic amebic abscess is presented that was treated successfully by laparoscopy. The patient was fully worked up, including computed tomography (CT) scan, video-colonoscopy, and blood profiles. The laparoscopic surgical technique is fully discussed and proved to be a very useful tool in the management of this problem, obviating the need for a formal laparotomy and its potential complications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Hospital Del Carmen, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Robles
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Lara
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lancaster
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004322:Drainage / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D008101:Liver Abscess, Amebic / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male