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[Percutaneous treatment of abdominal collections. Apropos of 135 cases].

The authors reviewed 135 abdominal collections, collected at the Radiologic Central Service over four years. The average age of the patients was 40 years. The abscesses sit especially in the liver (54 cases) and the psoas muscle (43 cases). The percutaneous management was guided by ultrasonography in all the cases. The results were successful in 74%. Only 15 cases needed surgical therapy. The literature results are similar. The authors underline the percutaneous treatment interests, its efficacy, its complications and their therapy.

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[Percutaneous treatment of liver abscess. Apropos of 34 cases].

The authors report on a retrospective series of 37 liver abscesses treated via the percutaneous route in 34 patients, in order to assess the efficacy of this method. One or more aspiration punctures were undertaken in 24 patients (70.6%), while percutaneous drainage was performed in 10 patients (29.4%). In 27 cases (79.5%), this percutaneous treatment resulted in a cure. Further surgical drainage, carried out in 7 patients (20.5%) was only required in 3 cases, twice due to the inefficacy of percutaneous drainage and once in the presence of three liver abscesses containing particularly thick pus. Ultrasonographic monitoring demonstrated a return to normal in 66.6% of cases, the persistence of a slight residual collection in 26.6% patients and one relapse, two months after percutaneous drainage. Two complications inherent to the percutaneous treatment were noted: a pneumothorax and a case of septicemia, both of which had a favourable outcome.

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