Catheter Drainage of Abdominal Abscesses

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  • CWClaude E. Welch
    Claude E. Welch
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Abstract
For many years, localized accumulations of fluid in different areas of the body have been treated by aspiration or more radical methods of drainage. Abdominal abscesses represent the most serious of these collections. Difficult both to diagnose and treat, they still lead to an appreciable mortality rate.Fortunately, several factors have combined to render them less dangerous. Through modern radiologic techniques diagnosis can be made much earlier than in the past and confirmed by aspiration; in many instances adequate treatment can be instituted by means of percutaneous catheters inserted by radiologists. Antibiotics are considered to be essential for success.The . . .

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