Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
Editorial
. 2023 Feb 28;15(2):229-231.
doi: 10.21037/jtd-22-1551. Epub 2023 Jan 27.

The final frontier of subdiaphragmatic abscess management: should we bury the scalpel?

Carlos Augusto Metidieri Menegozzo  1 , Marcos Roberto de Menezes  2 , Edivaldo Massazo Utiyama  1
Affiliations
Editorial

The final frontier of subdiaphragmatic abscess management: should we bury the scalpel?

Carlos Augusto Metidieri Menegozzo et al. J Thorac Dis. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Interventional radiology; abscess drainage; subdiaphragmatic collection.

PubMed Disclaimer

Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: All authors have completed the ICMJE uniform disclosure form (available at https://jtd.amegroups.com/article/view/10.21037/jtd-22-1551/coif). The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

Comment on

References

    1. Barnard LH. An address on Surgical Aspects of Subphrenic Abscess. Br Med J 1908;1:371. 10.1136/bmj.1.2459.371 - DOI - PMC - PubMed
    1. Ochsner A, Graves AM. Subphrenic Abscess: an Analysis of 3,379 Collected and Personal Cases. Ann Surg 1933;98:961-90. 10.1097/00000658-193312000-00001 - DOI - PMC - PubMed
    1. Politano AD, Hranjec T, Rosenberger LH, et al. Differences in morbidity and mortality with percutaneous versus open surgical drainage of postoperative intra-abdominal infections: a review of 686 cases. Am Surg 2011;77:862-7. - PMC - PubMed
    1. Preece SR, Nelson RC, Bashir MR, et al. Safety of an intercostal approach for imaging-guided percutaneous drainage of subdiaphragmatic abscesses. AJR Am J Roentgenol 2014;202:1349-54. 10.2214/AJR.13.10712 - DOI - PubMed
    1. McNicholas MM, Mueller PR, Lee MJ, et al. Percutaneous drainage of subphrenic fluid collections that occur after splenectomy: efficacy and safety of transpleural versus extrapleural approach. AJR Am J Roentgenol 1995;165:355-9. 10.2214/ajr.165.2.7618556 - DOI - PubMed