Fibrinolytics in loculated abscess cavities - A report of two cases

The efficacy of fibrinolytic therapy in two loculated abscesses is being reported. First case had a postoperative mediastinal abscess in left paraspinal location and the second case had two bilateral tubercular psoas abscesses. Both cases were managed with pig tail catheter drainage of abcesses and...

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Autores principales: Barthwal, MS, Tyagi, Rahul, Kishore, Kislay
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4948230/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27578935
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-2113.184876
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description The efficacy of fibrinolytic therapy in two loculated abscesses is being reported. First case had a postoperative mediastinal abscess in left paraspinal location and the second case had two bilateral tubercular psoas abscesses. Both cases were managed with pig tail catheter drainage of abcesses and fibrinolytic therapy with instillation of urokinase followed by aspiration. Both cases had significant drainage, clinical and radiological resolution. There were no adverse effects in either case.
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spelling pubmed-49482302016-08-30 Fibrinolytics in loculated abscess cavities - A report of two cases Barthwal, MS Tyagi, Rahul Kishore, Kislay Lung India Case Report The efficacy of fibrinolytic therapy in two loculated abscesses is being reported. First case had a postoperative mediastinal abscess in left paraspinal location and the second case had two bilateral tubercular psoas abscesses. Both cases were managed with pig tail catheter drainage of abcesses and fibrinolytic therapy with instillation of urokinase followed by aspiration. Both cases had significant drainage, clinical and radiological resolution. There were no adverse effects in either case. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016 /pmc/articles/PMC4948230/ /pubmed/27578935 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-2113.184876 Text en Copyright: © Indian Chest Society http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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title Fibrinolytics in loculated abscess cavities - A report of two cases
title_full Fibrinolytics in loculated abscess cavities - A report of two cases
title_fullStr Fibrinolytics in loculated abscess cavities - A report of two cases
title_full_unstemmed Fibrinolytics in loculated abscess cavities - A report of two cases
title_short Fibrinolytics in loculated abscess cavities - A report of two cases
title_sort fibrinolytics in loculated abscess cavities - a report of two cases
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4948230/
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