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Observational studyMedicine2016

Liver Abscess Formation Following Transarterial Chemoembolization: Clinical Features, Risk Factors, Bacteria Spectrum, and Percutaneous Catheter Drainage.

Wei-Fu Lv, Dong Lu, Yu-Sheng He, Jing-Kun Xiao, Chun-Ze Zhou, De-Lei Cheng

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Observational study in Medicine, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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28 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  6. Hepatic abscess induced by gastric cancer mimicking differentiated hepatocellular carcinoma.JGH open : an open access journal of gastroenterology and hepatology · 2023
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  17. Progress toward improving outcomes in patients with cholangiocarcinoma.Current treatment options in gastroenterology · 2021
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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors.

Wei-Fu LvFrom the Department of Radiology, Affiliated Anhui Provincial Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.
Dong Lu
Yu-Sheng He
Jing-Kun Xiao
Chun-Ze Zhou
De-Lei Cheng

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To investigate the clinical features, risk factors, and bacterial spectrum of liver abscess following transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) and evaluate the therapeutic effect of percutaneous catheter drainage (PCD) on the abscesses.A retrospective review of patient charts was performed in 3613 patients who suffered from liver malignancies (2832 patients with hepatocellular carcinoma and 781 with metastatic hepatic tumor) and had undergone 11,054 TACE procedures from January 2005 to October 2013. Liver abscesses were found in 21 patients. PCD was performed in all abscess patients. The clinical features, risk factors, and bacterial spectrum of liver abscess following TACE were investigated and the therapeutic effect of PCD was evaluated.The incidence of liver abscess was 0.58% per patient and 0.19% per procedure. Approximately 57.1% of the patients had a medical history of bilioenteric anastomosis or biliary stent implantation. On computed tomography scans, the abscesses appeared as low-attenuation lesions and high-density iodinate oil scattered in the abscesses. The ultrasound showed the well defined, heterogeneously hypoechoic lesions. Positive microbiological isolates were obtained in all pus cultures and in 47.6% of blood cultures. The most common bacterium was Escherichia coli (52.4%). Twenty patients (95.2%) were cured from abscesses by using PCD, and 1 died of sepsis.Patients with predisposing factors are prone to an increased risk of liver abscess following TACE. Bacterial culture and antibiotic sensitivity tests on pus and blood help on the antibiotics selection. PCD combined with aggressive antibiotics can be recommended as the first-line therapeutic regimen.

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ParacentesisAdultAgedBacteremiaBacterial InfectionsCarcinoma, HepatocellularChemoembolization, TherapeuticEscherichia coli InfectionsFemaleHumansLiver AbscessLiver NeoplasmsMaleMiddle AgedRetrospective StudiesRisk Factors

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PMCPMC4998718

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