Journal
RADIOLOGIA MEDICA
Volume 126, Issue 12, Pages 1561-1570Publisher
SPRINGER-VERLAG ITALIA SRL
DOI: 10.1007/s11547-021-01406-z
Keywords
CT guided; Percutaneous drainage; Abscess; Fluid collections; Pseudocyst; Interventional radiology
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- Universita degli Studi di Parma within the CRUI-CARE Agreement
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This pictorial essay provides technical approaches, main clinical indications, and complications of CT-guided percutaneous drainage for interventional radiologists, with a review of recent literature. The focus is on CT-guidance as a preferred method when ultrasound guidance is limited by anatomical structures.
CT-guided percutaneous drainage is a safe and effective procedure that allows minimally invasive treatment of abdominopelvic abscesses and fluid collections. This technique has become an alternative for surgery with lower morbility and mortality rates. In this pictorial essay, we aim at providing an overview of the technical approaches, the main clinical indications and complications of CT-guided percutaneous drainage, in order to provide a practical guide for interventional radiologists, with a review of the recent literature. The focus will be the CT-guidance, preferred when the interposition of viscera, vascular and skeletal structures, counteracts the ultrasound guidance.
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