title: Endoscopic transcolonic catheter-free pelvic abscess drainage.
abstract: Natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery is a novel therapeutic method in development that uses different routes of surgical approach. The use of various methods, instruments and accessories during this procedure are currently being investigated. A case of appendicitis-related intra-abdominal abscess that was resolved by a transcolonic endoscopic approach using a wide-channel colonoscope with the help of precut and standard sphincterotome without radiological percutaneous drainage is presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Bakirköy Dr Sadi Konuk Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Halil
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Alis
authors.forename: Aliye
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Soylu
authors.forename: Kemal
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Dolay
authors.forename: Ersan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Aygun
mesh_terms: D018784:Abdominal Abscess / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D000293:Adolescent; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D001065:Appendix / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D020685:Colonoscopes; D003113:Colonoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D004322:Drainage / Q000379:methods*; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography