RETROSPECTIVE COHORT STUDY EVALUATING CLINICAL OUTCOMES OF PERCUTANEOUS AND ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASOUND-GUIDED DRAINAGE OF UPPER ABDOMINAL ABSCESSES

• DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1637316
• Publication Date: 2018-07-10T16:13:37Z
• Authors: AY Carbajo López; FJ Brunie Vegas; FJ García Alonso; R Torres Yuste; M Cimavilla Román; R Sánchez-Ocaña; I Peñas-Herrero; C de la Serna-Hig...; GC Fernández Pérez; M Pérez-Miranda
• Keywords: Endoscopic Ultrasound

Although percutaneous drainage (PTD) is recommended as first line treatment for intraabdominal abscesses, EUS-guided (EUS-D) has been successfully employed in hepatic and postsurgical abscesses. We aimed at comparing safety, feasibility clinical outcomes of upper abdominal abscesses undergoing or drainage.