Imaging features and guided drainage in XXXX : a study of 11 cases.

@entity1 @entity2885 @entity295 @entity1011
AIM: The purpose of the present study is to evaluate the role of image-guided drainage in @entity2885 ( @entity2885 ). MATERIALS AND METHODS: We reviewed 11 @entity1 with @entity2885 treated either by ultrasonography (three @entity1 ) or computed tomography (CT)-guided drainage (eight @entity1 ). There were eight male and three female @entity1 in our study with ages ranging from 24 to 75 years, mean 56.3 years. All the @entity1 underwent plain radiography, ultrasonography and plain CT of the abdomen. Contrast-enhanced CT was performed in seven @entity1 . RESULTS: Seven of 11 @entity1 , were successfully treated with per cutaneous drainage. One @entity1 died within 24 h (case 2), due to @entity295 . Three @entity1 subsequently required nephrectomy. Replacement of the drainage catheter was required in one @entity1 . The catheter was kept in situ, for an average of 17 days. The catheter drained pus and gas in all @entity1 . The quantity of pus ranged from 300 to 2000 cm(3). All 10 @entity1 improved symptomatically within 24 h of drainage, with improved urine output and serum @entity1011 levels within 48 h. CONCLUSION: CT-guided drainage of @entity2885 has established itself as a safe, quick and life-saving palliative treatment of choice as opposed to conventional emergency nephrectomy. Excluding the @entity1 who died, the success rate of our study was 70%.
