title: Laparoscopic intracavitary drainage of subphrenic abscess.
abstract: Percutaneous drainage is now the preferred initial treatment of subphrenic abscess. The result is best for simple, unilocular abscesses but less so for complex ones. Failure of drainage can lead to high morbidity and mortality. We describe a case in which a large multiloculated subphrenic abscess was successfully drained laparoscopically without contaminating the general peritoneal cavity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, United Christian Hospital, Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Lam
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Kwok
authors.forename: H T
authors.initials: HT
authors.lastname: Leong
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004322:Drainage / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D013369:Subphrenic Abscess / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed