PELVIC ABSCESSES: EFFICACY OF PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE UNDER ULTRASOUND GUIDANCE
L Tarantino · Ultraschall in der Medizin - European Journal of Ultrasound · 2005 · Heft 09
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Zusammenfassung
Purpose: We evaluated percutaneous drainage under ultrasonographic guidance (US-PD) in the treatment of pelvic abscesses (PA). Methods and Materials: We retrospectively reviewed the clinical and imaging records of 38 patients (four men, 34 women, aged 13–67-years) admitted to our Institution with a diagnosis of PA (20 post-surgical, seven associated with diverticulitis, two following an interventional procedure in the pelvis, and nine cryptogenic) and treated with US-PD. Of these patients 26 were treated by a trans-abdominal approach, 11 by a trans-vaginal route and one by a trans-perineal approach under trans-r…