PMID: 8950379Sep 1, 1996Paper

Postoperative intraabdominal abscesses: percutaneous versus surgical treatment

Acta chirurgica Belgica
A BufalariL Moggi

Abstract

The optimal treatment of postoperative intraabdominal abscesses has not yet been defined and mortality and morbidity remain high. In this retrospective study 2.310 laparotomies were reviewed. The records of 39 patients with postoperative intraabdominal abscesses (1.6%) are reported and the results obtained in percutaneous drainage (PD, n = 27) versus surgical drainage (SD, n = 10) are compared. The choice of drainage was made after consultation with the interventional radiologist, and PD was preferred in single, well-defined abscesses. Two patients had prompt spontaneous resolution of the abscess. The two groups were homogeneous for age, sex and postoperative day of abscess diagnosis. There was no difference in severity of illness assessed by Acute Physiologic Score (APS) between PD and SD groups (7.9 vs 9.3). No significant difference was found in mortality (11% vs 20%), morbidity (11% vs 40%) and duration of drain tube (14 vs 15 days) between PD group and SD group. This study confirms the data of recent retrospective stratified series: PD and SD are equally efficacious to cure postoperative intraabdominal abscesses. However, PD should be the treatment of choice because of its lower invasiveness and cost.

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