Clinical assessment of an interventional CT table.
A computed tomographic (CT) system was modified to enable fluoroscopy during interventional CT procedures. Five patients with infradiaphragmatic abscesses underwent drainage by means of fluoroscopic CT guidance with a mean procedural time of 12 minutes. The addition of fluoroscopy facilitates avoidance of the diaphragm and injection of contrast material, makes catheter exchange easy, and minimizes procedural time.
Department of Radiology, New England Deaconess Hospital, Boston, MA.
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D000005:Abdomen / Q000601:surgery; D000038:Abscess / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002404:Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation; D004322:Drainage / Q000295:instrumentation; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D005471:Fluoroscopy / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011860:Radiography, Abdominal; D015642:Radiology, Interventional / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods