Interventional drainage through sinus tracts for the treatment of postoperative abdominal abscess / 解放军医学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To explore a new way to drain a postoperative abdominal abscess. Method Drainage catheter and sinography were employed to locate the site of the abscess, and a 10.2F~16F catheter with single or double lumen was inserted into the abscess by interventional technique. Result A 100% success was obtained for the 15 patients with 18 abscesses by inserting the drainage catheters, and all the abscesses were cured 7~65 days after drainage. Conclusions Compared with the surgical or percutaneous drainage, the present method is less traumatic, safer, more economical and effective, and it could be applies to all kinds of postoperative intraperitoneal abscesses which could not been drained adequately or with formation of sinus because of displacement of drainage tube.