title: Conservative management of pelvic abscess following sacrocolpopexy: a report of three cases and review of the literature.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  After sacrocolpopexy, intra-abdominal pelvic abscesses are often managed with intravenous antibiotics, excision of the mesh involved, and debridement of compromised tissue.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Three cases of successful management of pelvic abscesses after sacrocolpopexy using long-term antibiotics and percutaneous drainage of intra-abdominal abscesses without removing the mesh are presented.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In selected patients who have undergone sacrocolpopexy, with careful counseling, conservative management of pelvic abscesses with percutaneous drainage and long-term antibiotic treatment without the surgical excision of the mesh may play a role.
authors.affiliation: Department of OB/GYN, Rush University Medical Center, 1725 W. Harrison St. Suite 408, Chicago, IL, USA. Soo_Y_Kwon@rush.edu.
authors.forename: Soo Yun
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Kwon
authors.affiliation: Department of OB/GYN, Rush University Medical Center, 1725 W. Harrison St. Suite 408, Chicago, IL, USA.
authors.forename: Stacy
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA.
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hibbeln
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Jeffrey Stephen
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Freed
mesh_terms: D018784:Abdominal Abscess / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D003127:Colposcopy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D000072700:Conservative Treatment / Q000379:methods*; D004322:Drainage / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D056887:Pelvic Organ Prolapse / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000628:therapy*; D012447:Sacrum / Q000601:surgery*; D013526:Surgical Mesh / Q000009:adverse effects
keywords: Abscess; Antibiotics; Drainage; Mesh; Sacral colpopexy; Sacrocolpopexy