title: [Percutaneous drainage of pyogenic hepatic abscesses].
abstract: Thirty-five patients with pyogenic hepatic abscesses who underwent percutaneous drainage techniques are analyzed in a study period that comprises six years (from 1986 to 1992). Of the 35 cases, 7 (20%) presented abscesses smaller than 5 cm and were drained by puncture aspiration only. All of them were cured. One or more pig-tail 8 F catheters were placed in the remaining 28 patients (80%). The cure rate was 78.5%. The average drainage period comprised 15 days. Fourteen patients (40%) presented lesser complications during either the procedure in itself or the convalescence period, bacteriemia being the most frequent one. The mortality rate was 17%.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Diagnóstico por Imágenes, Hospital Privado de Comunidad, Mar del Plata, Argentina.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rae
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Aroztegui
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: García Saiz
authors.forename: H V
authors.initials: HV
authors.lastname: Rodríguez
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004322:Drainage / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008100:Liver Abscess / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D008875:Middle Aged; D014463:Ultrasonography
vernacular_title: Drenaje percutáneo de abscesos hepáticos piogenos.