INTRODUCTION Percutaneous or endocavitory drainage of a diverticular abscess under radiological guidance often enables one to perform a one-staged resection and anastomosis (without stoma formation) instead of a two-staged procedure. It reduces the significant postoperative morbidity and mortality associated with the conventional emergency surgical management. However, radiological guidance is ...

A 65-year-old man with long-term alcohol abuse presented with intermittent fever. Abdominal computed tomography revealed multiple masses. Abscess blood and pus cultures conducted after percutaneous catheter drainage with pigtail catheters yielded Salmonella choleraesuis. Antibiotic treatment with meropenem was started using multiple catheters in the liver. Drainage catheters in different locati...

Objectives: The optimal management for pericardial effusions with cardiac tamponade remains controversial. This study compares the results after two commonly performed techniques: subxiphoid surgical pericardial drainage (DPSS) and percutaneous catheter drainage (DPPK). Material and methods: We conducted a 5-year retrospective study to analyse the outcome after DPSS and DPPK in patients with no...

Percutaneous imaging-guided drainage is the first-line treatment for infected or symptomatic fluid collections in the abdomen and pelvis, in the absence of indications for immediate surgery. The technology and expertise needed to perform percutaneous abscess drainage are widely available and readily adapted for use in the pediatric population. Catheter insertion procedures include the trocar an...

BACKGROUND This report describes a one-step insertion of an expandable metallic stent to treat obstructive jaundice due to unresectable common bile duct carcinoma. METHODS A percutaneous transhepatic cholangiogram is obtained, and the bile duct obstruction is negotiated with a guide wire. After advancing the catheter into the duodenum, contrast material is injected to measure the length of th...

Background. The aim of the study was to determine efficacy and reliability of percutaneous abdominal drainage in surgical patients and to evaluate intercostal approach to drain subphrenic collections. Material and methods. Eighty-seven patients aged from 29 to 84 years (mean, 55.5 years) were percutaneously drained under the sonographic guidance due to the postoperative or nonoperated abdominal...

The study aimed to investigate the efficacy of computed tomography (CT)-guided percutaneous focal catheter infusion for the treatment of spinal tuberculosis. Clinical and follow-up data from 27 spinal tuberculosis patients who underwent CT-guided intervertebral catheterized infusion chemotherapy from May 2008 to October 2011 were retrospectively analyzed; treatment included pure intervertebral ...

We report the case of metastatic tumor recurrence at the chest wall exit site of percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage (PTBD) catheter four months after surgical resection for cholangiocarcinoma. We discuss the risks and benefits of using PTBD catheters preoperatively in patients with planned major liver resection for malignancy. Categories: Internal Medicine, General Surgery, Oncology

We present a 16-year-old boy with complete major pancreatic duct disruption in pancreatic neck. According to the American Association of Surgical Trauma Classification, the patient was diagnosed with pancreatic injuries grade IV and pseudocyst which was managed successfully by way of Ultrasound-guided percutaneous catheter drainage.