Publications by authors named "Brandon Chase McCarty"
Objective: To review the experience with percutaneous aspiration of abscesses at a general, tertiary care hospital from 2000 to 2005.
Methods: Computerized medical records of 90 patients who underwent radiologically guided drainage of 92 fluid collections were reviewed for demographic data, co-morbid conditions, location, radiographic imaging characteristics and culture results and to determine the long-term outcome of the procedure.
Results: Sixty-seven of 92 (73%) abscesses were cured without the need for open surgical drainage; 44 were cured within 14 days, and 23 had delayed resolution requiring prolonged antibiotics and/or a second drainage.