ROLE OF INTERVENTIONAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY IN TREATING PATIENTS WITH LIVER ABSCESS

Purpose: To identify aetiology of liver abscess. To assess the safety and efficacy of percutaneous needle aspiration under guided ultrasonography in treatment of liver abscesses. Methods and Materials: We included 239 consecutive patients who were diagnosed or referred to Tropical Medicine Department with liver abscess in the period from 1997 to 2004. All patients underwent either simple needle aspiration with sonographic guidance or catheter drainage under local anaesthesia and intravenous analgesia and sedation. In catheter drainage aspiration a daily estimate of the amount, colour and consistency of the drain…