Manejo del drenaje percutáneo guiado por imágenes en un hospital de tercer nivel

Abstract

Introduction: Percutaneous drainage of intraabdominal collections guided by ultrasonography or computerized axial tomography has been the treatment of choice for the management of abdominal or pelvic abscesses. Objective: To describe the experience with the percutaneous ultrasonography-guided drainage of abdominal collections in patients at the San José University Hospital in Popayán, Colombia, in the period October 2014 and April 2016. Materials and methods: This is a case series of 79 patients who underwent interventional management of abdominal collections by a percutaneous procedure guided by images; all patients met the inclusion and exclusion criteria. The statistical analysis was carried out with the SPSS Statistics program. Results: 106 percutaneous procedures were performed for drainage of different intra-abdominal collections. The most frequent intervention was the drainage of hepatic collections (32.1%), mostly hepatic abscesses, followed by drainage of postoperative abscesses following open or laparoscopic surgery. Conclusions: The management of interventional techniques in the hands of the trained surgeon is an effective and safe method for the treatment of different intra-abdominal collections. The procedure was successful in 99% of the patients.