title: [Interventional therapy of intra-abdominal abscess: outcome and limits].
abstract: The postoperative course following digestive surgical procedures was prospectively analysed in 2985 patients between 6/92 and 12/96. A CT-guided percutaneous drainage of intraabdominal abscesses was performed in 144 patients (4.8%). In 123 patients (85.4%) percutaneous abscess drainage (PAD) was successful, additional surgery was not required. Twenty-one patients (14.6%) underwent additional surgery. Reasons for drainage failure were abscesses caused by internal fistulas (8 patients), pancreas involvement of the abscesses (5 patients), infected clots impossible to drain (3 patients), multiple abscesses (3 patients) and persistent abscess formation despite drainage (2 patients). Puncture-related complications were seen in 8 patients (5.5%). Puncture-related mortality was 0.7%.
authors.affiliation: Chirurgische Klinik und Poliklinik, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bartels
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Theisen
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Berger
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Siewert
mesh_terms: D018784:Abdominal Abscess / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D004322:Drainage; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006801:Humans; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D012008:Recurrence; D012086:Reoperation; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D015996:Survival Rate; D017211:Treatment Failure; D016896:Treatment Outcome
vernacular_title: Interventionelle Therapie des intraabdominellen Abszesses: Ergebnisse und Grenzen.