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ArticleBioinformation2025

Pigtail catheter versus open surgical drainage in liver abscess management.

Mahesh Kinikar, Nitin R Nangare, Hemchandra V Nerlekar

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3 authors.

Mahesh KinikarDepartment of Surgery, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, Krishna Vishwa Vidyapeeth (Deemed To Be University), Karad, Maharashtra, India.
Nitin R NangareDepartment of Surgery, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, Krishna Vishwa Vidyapeeth (Deemed To Be University), Karad, Maharashtra, India.
Hemchandra V NerlekarDepartment of Surgery, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, Krishna Vishwa Vidyapeeth (Deemed To Be University), Karad, Maharashtra, India.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Individualized treatment programs for liver abscesses are essential. Therefore it is of interest to compare and evaluate pigtail-catheter with open surgical drainage in liver abscesses. Hence, a total of 126 patients were divided randomly into 2 groups with 63 each open surgical drainage group and pigtail-catheter drainage group. We found that statistically significant difference was seen between the 2 groups for various variables. Moreover, pigtail-catheter drainage showed comparatively more effective results than open surgical drainage.

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Open surgical drainagepigtail catheterpost-hospital staypost-operative painpost-operative time

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PMID40599944
PMCPMC12208244

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