MANAGEMENT OF LUNG ABSCESS WITH PERCUTANEOUS CATHETER DRAINAGE |
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| Authors: | BNBM PRASAD SHASHIREKHA SC TEWARI AS KASTHURI |
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| Affiliation: | *Classified Specialist (Medicine and Pulmonary Medicine), Pune 411040;#Senior Advisor Medicine and Chest Diseases, Military Hospital (Cardio Thoracic Centre), Pune 411040;+Consultant Pathologist, Poona Hospital and Research Centre, 27, Sadashiv Peth, Pune 411030;**Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Armed Forces Medical College, Pune 411040 |
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Percutaneous catheter drainage was used to treat 12 among 34 cases of lung abscesses, who were refractory to medical therapy, severely ill and high risk cases for surgery. A complete clinical and radiological recovery was achieved in all the cases who underwent catheter drainage, thereby obviating the need for surgery. None of the cases had catheter or procedures related complications. From this study it is inferred that percutaneous transthoracic catheter drainage is a safe and an effective modality of therapy for patients with lung abscess in whom medical therapy has failed and those who are unsuitable for surgery.KEYWORDS: Lung abscess, Percutaneous catheter drainage |
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