OBJECTIVE To see yield of ultrasound guided percutaneous drainage of abdominal abscesses. SETTING Department of General Surgery Unit I, Lahore General Hospital and North Surgical Unit, Mayo Hospital, Lahore. DESIGN A prospective case-controlled study. SUBJECTS Patients with spontaneous or post operative abdominal abscesses. RESULTS Overall success rate was 96.2%, major complications 11....

It was the purpose of this study to determine if a periodontal abscess could be differentiated from an endodontic abscess by the types and proportion of microorganisms found in the abscess exudate in darkfield microscopic examination. Dental abscesses with draining sinus tracts in 17 patients were studied. Eight of the abscesses were diagnosed clinically to be of endodontic origin and nine peri...

conclusions the incidence of liver abscesses after liver cancer thermal ablation is low. child-pugh class b and class c cirrhosis, biliary tract disease, diabetes mellitus, and porta hepatis tumors are four significant risk factors. combined ablation and pei reduces the rate of liver abscesses. background radiofrequency ablation (rfa) and microwave ablation (mwa) are the most frequently used th...