Efficacy of endoscopic ultrasound‐guided abscess drainage for non‐pancreatic abscesses: A retrospective study

Percutaneous hepatic abscess drainage: do multiple abscesses or multiloculated abscesses preclude drainage or affect outcome?

PURPOSE To compare the effectiveness of percutaneous abscess drainage in patients with pyogenic liver abscesses of the following types: single, single multiloculated, multiple, and multiple multiloculated. MATERIALS AND METHODS One hundred nine patients with 149 liver abscesses who underwent percutaneous drainage during an 11-year period were divided into a single abscess group and a multiple...

Developing a Drain for Drainage of Seroma: Evaluation of Its Efficacy with External Drainage

Introduction:  Seroma formation continues to be a problem for patients undergoing surgery of the breast or axilla for invasive breast cancer. In general, seroma usually disappears within several weeks; however, some patients are troubled by chronic seroma. Several techniques have been utilized to minimize seroma formation, with no consistent success. Considering the high prevalence of seroma in...

Endonasal endoscopic drainage of frontal lobe epidural abscess.

Endoscopic Drainage of an Odontogenic Pterygoid Muscle Abscess

The infratemporal fossa (ITF) is a potential space bounded by bony structures that can be occupied by both benign and malignant tumors. It is also a potential area of abscess development, most commonly of dental origin. As with any abscess, the treatment of an ITF abscess is surgical drainage. We present a case of an ITF abscess involving the pterygoid muscles following dental extraction in a p...

Studies of endoscopic ultrasound-guided drainage for pancreatic pseudocysts and abscesses: a university hospital-based experience

Background: Recently, endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)-guided drainage is used to treat pancreatic pseudocysts and abscesses. Endoscopic necrosectomy is now rarely performed clinically. We retrospectively studied the effectiveness and complications of these therapeutic procedures. Methods: The subjects comprised 26 patients with symptomatic pancreatic pseudocysts, pancreatic pseudocysts 5 cm or more...