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  • Title: [Percutaneous ultrasound-guided thick catheter drainage of retroperitoneal abscess: report of 2 cases].
    Author: Chen SL, Huang HL, Liaw YJ.
    Journal: Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi (Taipei); 1992 Aug; 50(2):172-5. PubMed ID: 1327478.
    Abstract:
    Retroperitoneal abscess have been a difficult diagnostic and therapeutic challenge in the past. With the advent of precise, noninvasive imaging modalities, they now are defined more easily. Percutaneous guided catheter drainage has changed our traditional therapeutic approach to this disease, in the majority of cases. In general, massive semilytic fatty tissue of retroperitoneal abscess can not pass through the ordinary percutaneous catheter. Herein we report 2 cases of retroperitoneal abscess successfully treated with percutaneous guided thick catheter drainage combined with medical control. Percutaneous guided thick catheter drainage can be performed in most uroradiological facilities. There are many advantages to percutaneous ultrasound-guided thick catheter drainage compared with surgical drainage of retroperitoneal abscess. They include: earlier diagnosis and treatment, avoidance of general anaesthesia, operations which involve risks and complications, shorter and less expensive therapy, easier nursing care, better infection control with the closed drainage system, and greater patient acceptance. Therefore, we believe that a trial of thick catheter percutaneous drainage of retroperitoneal abscess, without a complex septum, should be the initial mode of therapy, and surgical intervention should be undertaken only when percutaneous drainage fails or is contraindicated.
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