CT-guided placement of a drainage catheter within a pelvic abscess using a transsacral approach

Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 2007 Nov-Dec;30(6):1277-9. doi: 10.1007/s00270-007-9036-3.

Abstract

A 66-year-old man underwent CT-guided drainage catheter placement within a pelvic abscess with a diameter of 46 mm. We performed the drainage by a transsacral approach because it was considered the safest and most feasible approach. An 8G bone marrow biopsy needle was used to penetrate the sacrum to create a path for subsequent drainage catheter insertion. After withdrawal of the biopsy needle, a 6 Fr catheter was advanced into the abscess cavity through the path using the Seldinger technique. Except for bearable pain, no procedure-related complications occurred. Twenty-nine days after the placement, the catheter was withdrawn safely and the abscess cavity had shrunk remarkably.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abdominal Abscess / diagnostic imaging
  • Abdominal Abscess / therapy*
  • Aged
  • Catheterization / methods
  • Drainage / methods*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Pelvis / diagnostic imaging*
  • Radiography, Interventional
  • Sacrum
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*