Percutaneous drainage od abdominal collections

Abstract

Interventional radiology has greatly progressed in recent years due to the great advances of diagnostic imaging. Percutaneous drainage (PCD) of abdominal collections is presently a widely employed procedure for definitive treatment of diverse entitles such as abdominal abscesses, complications of pancreatitis and appendicitis, evacuation of hematomas, Iymphoceles, bilomas, necrotic cysts and tumors. It has also shown safety and effectiveness for draining collections in the thorax, spleen and retroperitoneum. In critically III patients PCD allows a quick improvement of the clinical situation so that surgery, If needed, can be performed In better conditions and this procedure becomes simpler. For radiologists this Interventions represent the opportunity to Improve their clinical evaluation of patients.