Comparative Analysis of Percutaneous Drainage versus Operative Drainage of Intra-Abdominal Abscesses in a Resource-Limited Setting: The Tanzanian Experience
Ukweh O, Alswang J, Iya-Benson J, Naif A, Chan S, Laage-Gaupp F, Asch M, Ramalingam V. Comparative Analysis of Percutaneous Drainage versus Operative Drainage of Intra-Abdominal Abscesses in a Resource-Limited Setting: The Tanzanian Experience. Annals Of Global Health 2023, 89: 35. PMID: 37273489, PMCID: PMC10237249, DOI: 10.5334/aogh.4070.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntra-abdominal abscessPercutaneous abscess drainageSurgical abscess drainageNational Referral HospitalTechnical success rateAbscess drainageInterventional radiologyImage-guided percutaneous abscess drainageRetrospective cohort studyHigh technical successStandard of careSuccess rateManual chart reviewResource limited settingsResource-limited settingsChart reviewCohort studyComplication rateOperative drainagePercutaneous drainageReferral hospitalClinical outcomesProcedural dataPAD groupTechnical success