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Revista Colombiana de Cirugía
Print version ISSN 2011-7582On-line version ISSN 2619-6107
Abstract
RAMIREZ, Julián et al. Management of imaging guided percutaneous drainage at a third level of care Colombian hospital. rev. colomb. cir. [online]. 2019, vol.34, n.2, pp.163-170. ISSN 2011-7582. https://doi.org/10.30944/20117582.110.
Introduction:
Percutaneous drainage of intraabdominal collections guided by ultrasonography or computerized axial tomography has been the treatment of choice for the management of abdominal or pelvic abscesses.
Objective:
To describe the experience with the percutaneous ultrasonography-guided drainage of abdominal collections in patients at the San José University Hospital in Popayán, Colombia, in the period October 2014 and April 2016.
Materials and methods:
This is a case series of 79 patients who underwent interventional management of abdominal collections by a percutaneous procedure guided by images; all patients met the inclusion and exclusion criteria. The statistical analysis was carried out with the SPSS Statistics program.
Results:
106 percutaneous procedures were performed for drainage of different intra-abdominal collections. The most frequent intervention was the drainage of hepatic collections (32.1%), mostly hepatic abscesses, followed by drainage of postoperative abscesses following open or laparoscopic surgery.
Conclusions:
The management of interventional techniques in the hands of the trained surgeon is an effective and safe method for the treatment of different intra-abdominal collections. The procedure was successful in 99% of the patients.
Keywords : intraabdominal infections; abdominal abscess; drainage; diagnostic imaging; ultrasonography, interventional; computed tomography..