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  • Title: Percutaneous drainage of abdominal abscesses.
    Author: Sones PJ.
    Journal: AJR Am J Roentgenol; 1984 Jan; 142(1):35-9. PubMed ID: 6606962.
    Abstract:
    Abdominal abscesses carry high morbidity and mortality unless properly drained. In recent years, percutaneous drainage has become an accepted alternative to surgery. A brief overview of diagnostic principles, selection of patients, percutaneous drainage catheters and technique, contraindications, and post-drainage follow-up is presented. In experienced hands, more than 80% of abdominal abscesses can be drained successfully by this method and with lower rates of morbidity, mortality, and complications than by surgery.
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