PERCUTANEOUS TREATMENT OF ABDOMINAL COLLE CTIONS - A SERIES OF 135 CASES

The authors reviewed 135 abdominal collections, collected at the Radio logic Central Service over four years. The average age of the patients was 40 years. The abscesses sit especially in the liver (54 cases) an d the psoas muscle (43 cases). The percutaneous management was guided by ultrasonography in all the cases. The results were successful in 74 %. Only 15 cases needed surgical therapy. The literature results are s imilar. The authors underlin the percutaneous treatment interests, its efficacy, its complications and their therapy.