What is a liver abscess puncture? What are the indications, contraindications, complications, postoperative care, and postoperative diet of liver abscess puncture?

What is a liver abscess puncture? What are the indications, contraindications, complications, postoperative care, and postoperative diet of liver abscess puncture?

What is a liver abscess puncture? What are the indications, contraindications, complications, postoperative care, and postoperative diet of liver abscess puncture?

Liver abscess is a hepatic suppurative lesion caused by a variety of microorganisms such as bacteria or amoeba, and is often guided by B-ultrasound or CT-guided percutaneous transhepatic abscess lesions and drained into the drainage tube.

Anesthesia and preoperative preparation

1. Anesthesia
Local infiltration anesthesia.
2. Preoperative preparation

• Check blood routine, platelet, and prothrombin time.
• Fasting for 8 to 12 hours before surgery, if the abdominal flatulence is obvious, you can take the anti-swelling medicine or clean the enema beforehand.

Indication

1. Clinically suspected liver abscess, and ultrasound showed intrahepatic hypoechoic or mixed echo lesions, need to be clearly diagnosed.
2. Larger single liver abscess, ultrasound guided by thick needle aspiration or catheter drainage.
3. For multiple liver abscesses, you can puncture 2 to 3 lesions at a time, or you can use multiple drainage tubes or tube drainage in a batch.