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2327914

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-5-14
pubmed:abstractText
This study compares the results of de Pezzer catheter drainage of anorectal abscess with the more traditional technique of incision and packing. A prospective study from this department in 1987 detailed the outcome of patients with anorectal abscess managed routinely by de Pezzer catheter drainage. Ninety-one patients were treated, 18 required general anaesthesia, the mean hospital stay was 1.4 days, and 24% subsequently required fistula surgery. A retrospective study has now been undertaken of all patients admitted to Wellington Hospital with anorectal abscess during the same period who were treated by incision and packing. Of 54 patients treated, all had general anaesthesia, the mean hospital stay was 4.5 days, 63% needed district nursing care after discharge and 25% required fistula surgery. Simple de Pezzer drainage is not only safe, convenient and well tolerated by patients, but it compares very favourably with the more traditional method of treating anorectal abscesses and, as a consequence of the minimal hospital care necessary, it must necessarily be a much cheaper method of treatment.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0004-8682
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
60
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
129-31
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
Management of anorectal abscesses: comparison between traditional incision and packing and de Pezzer catheter drainage.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Surgery, Wellington School of Medicine, New Zealand.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study