Percutaneous drainage of abscesses: a report of 100 patients |
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| Authors: | E C Martin E I Fankuchen R A Neff |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Radiology, College of Physicians & Surgeons of Columbia University and the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, New York 10032, USA |
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| Abstract: | One hundred patients had abscesses drained percutaneously in a variety of sites. Eighty-five per cent were treated successfully with a 6% mortality. There are now several large series in the literature, totalling over 250 patients with an average cure rate of over 80% and a mortality of under 5%. Percutaneous drainage of abscesses should become the treatment of choice in a vast majority of patients in whom the abscess can safely be reached. |
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| Keywords: | Correspondence: Dr E. C. Martin Department of Radiology Presbyterian Hospital 622 West 168th Street New York NY 10032 USA. |
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