[Experiences with percutaneous drainage of abscesses and pseudocysts]

Percutaneous catheterised drainage of abscesses and pseudocysts as well as of circumscribed suppurations in soft-part tissue is considered an established therapeutic approach. Therapeutic puncture or drainage was successfully performed in 19 cases, following CT-targeted fine-needle puncture and subsequent cytological and bacteriological diagnosis. Inflammatory alterations were tackled by antibiotic therapy according to an antibiogram. Complications did not occur.