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The diagnosis and treatment of psoas abscess: a 12 year review
1Department of Radiology, Royal Perth Hospital, Australia.
The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery
|June 1, 1994
Abstract:
Over a 12 year period, 25 psoas abscesses occurring in 17 patients were managed at Royal Perth Hospital (900 bed hospital). Symptoms were present, on average, for 5 weeks prior to diagnosis, which was typically confirmed by computerized tomography. Fifty-nine per cent of cases were primary and percutaneous drainage effected a cure in 80% of all cases. Percutaneous drainage resulted in a non-significant trend towards shorter inpatient stay.