PYOGENIC LIVER ABSCESS TREATMENT - WHAT ARE THE OPTIONS?

  • Iulian Slavu General Surgery Department, Emergency Clinical Hospital, Bucharest, Romania & “Carol Davila” University of Medicine, Bucharest, Romania
  • Raluca Tulin “Carol Davila” University of Medicine, Bucharest, Romania
  • Dan Nicolae Păduraru General Surgery Department, University Bucharest Emergency University Hospital, Bucharest, Romania & “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania
  • Adrian Tulin General Surgery Department, “Prof. Dr. Agrippa Ionescu” Hospital, Bucharest, Romania & “Carol Davila” University of Medicine, Bucharest, Romania
  • Constantin Oprescu General Surgery Department, Emergency Clinical Hospital, Bucharest, Romania
  • Iurii Munteanu General Surgery Department, “C.F.2” Hospital, Bucharest, Romania
  • Cornelia Nitipir Oncology Department, “Elias” University Hospital, Bucharest, Romania & “Carol Davila” University of Medicine, Bucharest, Romania
  • Anca Macovei Oprescu Gastroenterology Department, “Prof. Dr. Agrippa Ionescu” Hospital, Bucharest, Romania & “Carol Davila” University of Medicine, Bucharest, Romania
Keywords: pyogenic, liver abscess, treatment

Abstract

There is no doubt that at present percutaneous drainage for liver abscesses is the treatment of choice and surgery should be kept as a backup only in cases where there is no response. Generally, the response to the treatment is dictated by the underlying pathology that has generated the abscess as a result of which a non-symptomatic etiological treatment must be followed by the optimal use of the available therapeutic resources. The discussion of this article focuses on the therapeutic options available in order to obtain an optimal treatment depending on the etiology of pyogenic liver abscesses.

 

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Published
2022-12-25
How to Cite
[1]
I. Slavu, “PYOGENIC LIVER ABSCESS TREATMENT - WHAT ARE THE OPTIONS?”, JSS, vol. 9, no. 4, Dec. 2022.