Table II, Intra-abdominal abscesses: percutaneous (PC) versus open surgical drainage. Considerations in selecting the approach - Surgical Treatment - NCBI Bookshelf

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Table IIIntra-abdominal abscesses: percutaneous (PC) versus open surgical drainage. Considerations in selecting the approach

	PC drainage	Open drainage
Surgically accessibility	“Hostile abdomen”	Accessible
PC accessibility	Yes	No
Source controlled	Yes	No
Location	Visceral	interloop
Number abscesses	Single	Multiple
Loculated	No	Yes
Communication with bowel	No	Yes
Associated necrosis	No	Yes
Associated malignancy	No	Yes
Contents	Thin	Thick debris
Invasive radiologist	Available	Non-available
Severity off illness	“Stable”	Critically ill
Failed PC drainage	No	Yes

From: Management of intra-abdominal abscesses

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Surgical Treatment: Evidence-Based and Problem-Oriented.

Holzheimer RG, Mannick JA, editors.

Munich: Zuckschwerdt; 2001.

Copyright © 2001, W. Zuckschwerdt Verlag GmbH.

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