title: [Interventional Radiology for Intra-Abdominal Abscess after Gastrectomy].
abstract: Approximately 20% of patients develop some complications after gastrectomy. These complications should be treated appropriately to achieve a positive outcome. The records of 6 patients with postoperative intra-abdominal abscesses treated with interventional radiology (IVR) were analyzed. The cause of abscess was anastomotic leakage in 4 patients and contaminated surgery after gastric perforation in 2 patients. Intra-abdominal abscesses were detected on postoperative day 12 (median), and an IVR-guided drainage tube was inserted with a median interval of 1 day. The drainage tube was kept in place for 26 days (median), and patients were discharged 6.5 days (median) after drainage tube removal. No patients were converted to open surgery. Early IVR-guided drainage was essential and effective for intra-abdominal abscess treatment after gastrectomy.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka General Medical Center.
authors.forename: Norihiro
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Matsuura
authors.forename: Kazumasa
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fujitani
authors.forename: Junji
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kawada
authors.forename: Kazuhiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nishikawa
authors.forename: Rie
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nakatsuka
authors.forename: Susumu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Miyazaki
authors.forename: Katsuki
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Danno
authors.forename: Masaaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Motoori
authors.forename: Masaru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kubota
authors.forename: Chu
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Matsuda
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: Kazuhiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Iwase
authors.forename: Yasuhiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tanaka
mesh_terms: D018784:Abdominal Abscess / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004322:Drainage; D061345:Early Medical Intervention; D005260:Female; D005743:Gastrectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D015642:Radiology, Interventional / Q000379:methods; D016896:Treatment Outcome