title: Percutaneous debridement of posttraumatic infected major hepatic necrosis.
abstract: Although percutaneous drainage of liver abscesses has long been the standard of care, percutaneous drainage of infected necrotic liver tissue is usually used only to stabilize a patient's condition in the setting of sepsis before surgical debridement is ultimately required, frequently in the form of a hepatic lobectomy. The present report describes three cases of curative percutaneous drainage and percutaneous debridement of posttraumatic infected major hepatic necrosis. Techniques used included catheter suction, lavage, and foreign body retrieval.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Reading Health System, 6th and Spruce Streets, West Reading, PA 19611. Electronic address: david.sacks@readinghealth.org.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sacks
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Reading Health System, 6th and Spruce Streets, West Reading, PA 19611.
authors.forename: Adrian
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ong
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Reading Health System, 6th and Spruce Streets, West Reading, PA 19611.
authors.forename: Forrest
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Fernandez
mesh_terms: D000007:Abdominal Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D000058:Accidental Falls; D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000328:Adult; D002404:Catheterization; D017081:Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic / Q000009:adverse effects; D003646:Debridement / Q000379:methods*; D004322:Drainage / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000293:injuries* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009336:Necrosis; D018805:Sepsis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy*; D013396:Suction; D007507:Therapeutic Irrigation; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome