BACKGROUND Percutaneous drainage or surgery is required when amebic liver abscess (ALA) fails to respond to medical management. In some of these patients, non-response may be due to communication of ALA with the biliary tree. This report describes our experience with the use of endoscopic biliary draining in such patients. METHODS Medical records of patients with ALA undergoing either needle ...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical course and possible benefit of a percutaneous cholecystostomy in patients with acute cholecystitis. METHODS Retrospective study of 104 patients with severe cholecystitis or cholecystitis not responding to antibiotic therapy treated with percutaneous drainage of the gall bladder (PC) during the period 2007 - 2013. Primary outcom...

BACKGROUND/AIMS Surgery has been the only option available for many years for treating pseudocyst of the pancreas. Recently, new methods, such as percutaneous drainage, endoscopic transenteric drainage and transpapillary drainage, began to be used for treatment of the pseudocyst. But we have to agree that no single technique offers the desired combination of 100% success and no complications. W...

Pancreatic fistula (PF) is an important complication that may develop during intra-abdominal surgeries and following distal pancreas trauma. In the early period, drainage from the surgical site and increased amylase production based on the biochemical examination of the drainage fluid are the factors for diagnosis. In contrast, in association with fluid collected from the surgical site, intra-a...

We report the case of a 51 year old man who developed the unusual complication of a bilious pleural effusion, or 'Cholethorax' following percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage. Case Report: A 51 year old man with locally advanced gastric adenocarcinoma presented with painless jaundice one year following the completion of palliative chemotherapy. Laboratory investigations revealed a bilirubi...

Although lung abscesses are successfully treated with antibiotics in 80-90% of cases, this conservative approach may occasionally fail. In cases of failure, pulmonary resection is usually advised. Although it remains controversial, an alternative therapy in such situations is percutaneous transthoracic tube drainage (PTTD). Herein we review the medical literature on PTTD from the last 25 y, foc...

We report a patient with a multicystic kidney treated successfully by continuous percutaneous drainage. This method may be an alternative to surgical resection of a multicystic kidney that has not involved after one year of follow-up.

A 42-year-old woman with recurrent bilateral endometrial ovarian cystoma presented with fever and pelvic pain caused by a tubo-ovarian abscess (TOA), which was resistant to several varieties of intravenous and oral antibiotics for 2 weeks (Case 1). Computed tomography (CT)-guided diagnostic aspiration for a rapid enlarged right ovarian cystoma through a transabdominal route confirmed that it ha...

Cases of cholecystocutaneous fistulas are now a rare occurrence as a result of rapid diagnosis and treatment. We present a case of cholecystocutaneous fistula developing after the removal of a percutaneous drain for the treatment of acute cholecystitis. Re-occurring infection and presence of gallstones led to fistulization of the gallbladder fundus and the development of a tract along the path ...

Pelvic abscesses represent the most frequent complications of colorectal surgery. Percutaneous CT or US guided drainage can be an alternative to surgical drainage that is associated to a significant mortality rate. In the current study results of PAD, performed in 39 patients with pelvic or abdominopelvic abscesses were reviewed in order to evaluate reliability of such procedure. Major part of ...