Prospective randomized comparative study of pigtail catheter drainage versus percutaneous needle aspiration in treatment of liver abscess - Kulhari, Mukesh; Mandia, Rajendra (ANZ journal of surgery, 2019)
Keywords: Abscesses; Adult; Aftercare; amoebic; Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use; Antibiotics; catheter drainage; Catheters; Catheters - adverse effects; Catheters - statistics & numerical data; Comparative studies; Drainage - methods; Female; Humans; India - epidemiology; Length of Stay - statistics & numerical data; Liver; liver abscess; Liver Abscess - drug therapy; Liver Abscess - microbiology; Liver Abscess - pathology; Liver Abscess - surgery; Male; Medical instruments; needle aspiration; Needles - adverse effects; Needles - statistics & numerical data; Paracentesis - methods; Paracentesis - trends; Patients; Prospective Studies; pyogenic; Randomization; Reduction; Statistical analysis; Treatment Outcome; Ultrasonography, Interventional - instrumentation; Ultrasound; Wound drainage; India; amoebic; liver abscess; needle aspiration; pyogenic; catheter drainage