Ultra-sonography guided pigtail placement for drainage of liver abscess in 40 patients: A retrospective study

Endoscopic ultrasound-guided placement of plastic pigtail stents for the drainage of refractory malignant ascites

Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)-guided drainage is now the treatment of choice in cases of pancreatic pseudocysts and walled-off necrosis, especially in the absence of luminal bulging and in patients with portal hypertension. Malignant refractory ascites usually heralds a poor prognosis and substantially impairs the quality of life of patients because of the symptoms experienced and the need for re...

Novel wire-guided fine-gauge bougie dilator for transpapillary or endoscopic ultra- sonography-guided biliary drainage

Endoscopic management of biliary stricture generally requires dilation using devices such as an endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) balloon dilation catheter before stenting [1]. Endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS)guided biliary drainage (EUS-BD) also requires fistula dilation before stenting. Recently, ultraslim balloon catheters [1] and diathermic dilators [2] have also been de...

Real-time ultrasound-guided pigtail catheter placement in supine position for drainage of symptomatic pleural effusions in paediatric patients who underwent liver transplantation

EUS-guided drainage of a mediastinal abscess.

A 61-year-old man with esophageal adenocarcinoma underwent minimally invasive esophagectomy and gastric pull-through. The initial postoperative course was without adverse events, and he was discharged home. However, on day 7 the patient was readmitted with fever, rapid atrial fibrillation, and leukocytosis. Chest CT scan revealed a 6.3 cm 4.6 cm mediastinal abscess adjacent to the gastric pull-...

Drainage of Liver Abscess: Comparison between 20 Fr Polyvinyl Chloride versus 10 Fr Pigtail Catheter

Background: Liver abscesses, refractory to medical therapy requires percutaneous drainage by catheter placed under ultrasonography guidance is considered as the treatment of choice. Pigtail catheter is most commonly used for this purpose which gets repeatedly blocked, requires regular fl ushing and takes a long time to evacuate the abscess. Materials and Methods: In this study, we compared the ...