Clinical profile and pigtail catheter drainage of liver abscesses in a tertiary care centre in northern india -a prospective study

MUZZAFAR ZAMAN; ALIYA SHAH; RAHILLA TABASSUM; NARENDER BHATI; GULNAR

Volume : VIII, Issue : I, January - 2019

Clinical profile and pigtail catheter drainage of liver abscesses in a tertiary care centre in northern india -a prospective study

Muzzafar Zaman, Aliya Shah, Rahilla Tabassum, Narender Bhati, Gulnar

Abstract :

Background The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical presentation,and to investigate the effectiveness of percutaneous catheter drainage in the treatment of liver abscesses. Methods This is a prospective randomized study of 30 patients, presented in outpatient and emergency department at the hospital in whom pigtail catheter drainage was carried out under sonological guidance. The effectiveness of this treatment was measured in terms of duration of hospital stay, days to achieve clinical improvement, significant reduction in abscess cavity size and total resolution of abscess cavity. Results The procedure was done in 30 patients in a time period of one year from june 2017 to junly 2018 .out of 30 patients there were 24 males and 6 females . The patients in whom pigtail catheter drainage was done showed earlier clinical improvement ,less morbidity and significant decrease in abscess cavity volume . Conclusion Percutaneous catheter drainage is one of the best modality of treatment especially in larger liver abscesses which are partially liquefied or with thick pus.