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7135173

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1982-12-16
pubmed:abstractText
Six instances of pyogenic abscess of the liver, diagnosed and localized by computed tomography scan, showed dramatic improvement after treatment by needle aspiration and antibiotics or precutaneous continuous aspiration and antibiotics. An intercostal trocar drain, 18F, was used to obtain optimal drainage also of viscous purulent material and debris. After drainage was begun, improvement was rapid and without complication or mortality. We have collected from the literature 59 patients with abscesses of the liver treated by the same methods with a surprisingly low mortality, 1.5 per cent. It seems that the continuous percutaneous drainage of the pyogenic abscess of the liver, guided by computed tomography scan or ultrasonography, may be the method of choice and that open surgical drainage should be limited to special instances.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0039-6087
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
155
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
662-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-11
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1982
pubmed:articleTitle
Transcutaneous drainage of abscesses of the liver guided by computed tomography scan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports