CT-Guided transgluteal drainage of deep pelvic abscesses in children: selective use as an alternative to transrectal drainage

AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2000 Nov;175(5):1393-6. doi: 10.2214/ajr.175.5.1751393.

Abstract

Objective: The transgluteal approach to abscess drainage through the greater sciatic foramen has been described in adults, but this route has not been as extensively studied in children. We performed CT-guided transgluteal percutaneous abscess drainage in seven children and assessed the results of drainage and catheter tolerance.

Conclusion: Transgluteal catheters are well tolerated by children, and the transgluteal route is an effective approach to selected pelvic abscesses in children.

MeSH terms

  • Abdominal Abscess / etiology
  • Abdominal Abscess / surgery*
  • Appendectomy
  • Appendicitis / complications
  • Buttocks
  • Catheterization / instrumentation
  • Catheters, Indwelling
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Drainage / instrumentation
  • Drainage / methods*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Intestinal Perforation / complications
  • Male
  • Needles
  • Pain / etiology
  • Pain Measurement
  • Pelvis*
  • Prospective Studies
  • Radiography, Interventional*
  • Rectum
  • Surgical Wound Infection / etiology
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*