title: [Percutaneous drainage of abscesses, biliomas, seromas and hematomas following liver surgery. Experiences with 46 patients].
abstract: Fifty-two fluid collections following hepatic surgery were diagnosed in 46 patients, mostly by sonography. These were treated percutaneously. In 7 patients ultrasound-guided puncture was used, in 36 patients catheter drainage was employed and in three drainage was instituted by a catheter in a pre-existing fistula. One patient with a bile leak in the hilar region had to undergo surgery. One patient died of multi organ failure following liver transplantation and another patient with advanced tumour died 78 days after the drainage procedure. The other patients recovered following conservative treatment (93.5%).
authors.affiliation: Abteilung Diagnostische Radiologie I, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Grote
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Barg-Hock
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Milbradt
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Weimann
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pichlmayr
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Döhring
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004322:Drainage / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D006406:Hematoma / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D012189:Retrospective Studies