Journal of Surgical Technique and Case Report
Journal of Surgical Technique and Case Report
CASE REPORT
Year : 2012  |  Volume : 4  |  Issue : 1  |  Page : 36-38

Laparoscopy-guided liver abscess drainage: An additional use of veress needle


1 Department of Surgery, Federal Medical Centre, Owerr, Nigeria
2 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Federal Medical Centre, Owerr, Nigeria
3 Department of Works, Federal Medical Centre, Owerri, Nigeria

Correspondence Address:
Christopher N Ekwunife
Department of Surgery, Federal Medical Centre, Owerri
Nigeria
Login to access the Email id

Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None


DOI: 10.4103/2006-8808.100352

Get Permissions

Percutaneous image-guided drainage is the standard of care in the treatment of liver abscess. However this may not suffice in multi-loculated abscesses and those associated with concomitant biliary pathology. We report the case of a 34 year old male who presented to our hospital with a huge hepatic abscess that could not be aspirated percutaneously. Subsequently he had a laparoscopic guided aspiration of the abscess, with the aid of veress needle. Three weeks post operatively, no residual abscess cavity was noticeable. We believe that minimal access surgery techniques should always be considered in the management of liver abscess, and that the veress needle can be an additional aspiration device, in our environment.


[FULL TEXT] [PDF]*
Print this article     Email this article
 Next article
 Previous article
 Table of Contents

 Similar in PUBMED
   Search Pubmed for
   Search in Google Scholar for
 Related articles
 Citation Manager
 Access Statistics
 Reader Comments
 Email Alert *
 Add to My List *
 * Requires registration (Free)
 

 Article Access Statistics
    Viewed1956    
    Printed102    
    Emailed0    
    PDF Downloaded107    
    Comments [Add]    

Recommend this journal