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Percutaneous needle aspiration of small interloop abscesses in children
S Saluja1, J M Fields, D S Schwartz
1Section of Pediatric Radiology, Yale University School of Medicine, Children's Hospital at Yale New Haven, New Haven, CT, USA.
Pediatric Surgery International
|August 26, 1998
Abstract:
Treatment of small postoperative interloop abscesses (ILA) can be challenging. In children, these collections have usually been drained surgically at a second operation. This article describes three children with small postoperative ILAs who were treated by percutaneous needle aspiration and parenteral antibiotics, with good outcomes. The advantages of this technique and its utilization in the management of children with ILAs are discussed.