This report summarizes the results of 64 percutaneous catheter drainage of abdominal abscesses and fluid collections in 56 patients. Aspiration and drainage was guided with computed tomography in 34 patients and with ultrasound in 30 patients. Success rate was 90%. Infected collections were successfully drained in 94% and noninfected collections in 72% . Partial success was achieved in two...

this report summarizes the results of 64 percutaneous catheter drainage of abdominal abscesses and fluid collections in 56 patients. aspiration and drainage was guided with computed tomography in 34 patients and with ultrasound in 30 patients. success rate was 90%. infected collections were successfully drained in 94% and noninfected collections in 72% . partial success was achieved in two pati...

amoebic liver abscess is a complication of amoebiasis that needs early diagnosis and proper treatment before further complications occur. we report a-35 year old female presented by fever and dyspnea due to huge liver abscess complicated by massive right side empyema. the patient was effectively treated by percutaneous drainage for both the right lobe abscess and empyema together with pharmaco-...

Pancreas cancer has increased morbidity and mortality. It generally result in biliary obstruction which life threatening importance. Main biliary drainage method is endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography. When endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography is not successful, second preferred method is percutaneous biliary drainage. Percutaneous biliary drainage has some complications wh...

conclusion to reduce superfluous costs and time, cystobiliary fistula with < 206 ml/day mean drainage until the 20th day may be efficiently treated with percutaneous drainage using small catheters. results all 10 cysts with cystobiliary fistulas were managed with small (8 f) catheters. all patients in the conservative group had < 211 ml/day mean drainage for the 20 days. for the patients that d...

background percutaneous catheter drainage (pcd) and percutaneous needle aspiration (pna) have become the primary options for treating hepatic abscesses. thus far, various studies have examined the clinical data and computed tomography (ct) features for predicting pcd outcomes. objectives the goal was to compare ct features between hepatic abscesses classified based on strain and quantitative ou...

BACKGROUND Percutaneous drainage of infected intraabdominal fluid collections is preferred over surgical drainage due to lower morbidity and costs. However, it can be a challenging procedure and catheter insertion carries the potential to contaminate the pleural space from the abdomen. This retrospective analysis demonstrates the clinical and radiographic correlation between percutaneous draina...

We report three patients with splenic abscess whom we attempted to treat without recourse to open surgery. Medical treatment alone was successful in one case, and medical treatment combined with percutaneous drainage was successful in the second. Splenectomy was required in the third case after failure of medical treatment and complications of percutaneous drainage. The difficulties in diagnosi...

In this review, we have discussed efficacy of percutaneous biliary drainage not only in cases with malignant bi l iary obstructive jaundice, but accompanying bilomas as well. Percutaneous biliary drainage is mostly successful. Direct bilirubin levels can be decreased significantly as in our previous series, which has a success of 89.5% of malignant biliary drainages and all associated bilomas. ...

BACKGROUND Percutaneous nephrostolithotomy is important approach for kidney stones removal. A percutaneous nephrostomy drainage tube placement is an effective method to stop venous bleeding. Occasionally, the catheter can pierce into the renal parenchyma, and migrate into the renal vein even to the vena cava. CASE PRESENTATION A 66-year-old woman underwent a percutaneous nephrostolithotomy fo...