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ArticleFrontiers in medicine2026

Application of ultrasound-guided percutaneous catheter drainage in the treatment of tuberculous psoas abscesses.

Yongjie Yu, Yiting Guo, Dan Zhao, Zhen Lai, Yinan Dong

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Yongjie Yu *Department of Osteology, Hangzhou Red Cross Hospital, Tuberculosis Diagnostic and Treatment Center of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Yiting Guo *Department of Ultrasonography, The Second Clinical Medical College, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China.
Dan ZhaoDepartment of Ultrasonography, Hangzhou Red Cross Hospital, Tuberculosis Diagnostic and Treatment Center of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Zhen LaiDepartment of Osteology, Hangzhou Red Cross Hospital, Tuberculosis Diagnostic and Treatment Center of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Yinan DongDepartment of Ultrasonography, The Second Clinical Medical College, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China.

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Abstract

Objective: To evaluate the clinical utility of ultrasound-guided percutaneous catheter drainage (UPCD) in treating tuberculous psoas abscesses (TPA). Methods: A retrospective analysis was conducted on 114 cases of TPA with anti-tuberculosis chemotherapy at our institution. The patients were categorized into three groups based on their treatment modalities: preoperative UPCD combined with surgery (43 cases), surgery-only (39 cases), and UPCD-only (32 cases). Surgical debridement time and blood loss were compared between the preoperative UPCD combined with surgery group and the surgery-only group. Linear regression analysis was employed to evaluate the correlation between abscess volume and both debridement time and blood loss. Furthermore, recurrence and sinus tract formation were assessed across the groups during a 24-month follow-up period. Results: The preoperative UPCD combined with surgery group had significantly shorter debridement times and less blood loss compared to the surgery-only group (26.30 ± 4.14 min Conclusion: UPCD demonstrated substantial clinical value in the management of TPA. This approach not only reduced surgical time and blood loss but also provided a minimally invasive therapeutic option, especially when combined with anti-tuberculosis chemotherapy.

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percutaneous catheter drainagepsoas abscessestreatmenttuberculousultrasound-guided

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