Percutaneous drainage of mediastinal pseudocysts.
- 1 April 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) in Radiology
- Vol. 167 (1) , 51-53
- https://doi.org/10.1148/radiology.167.1.3347745
Abstract
Percutaneous catheter drainage of a mediastinal pseudocyst was performed in two patients. Access was gained through computed tomography (CT)-guided puncture of the abdominal portion of the pseudocyst in one patient, and a transhepatic-subxiphoid approach was used in the other. Guide wires and catheters were advanced into the mediastinal pseudocysts under CT control. Drainage was technically successful in both patients, with no procedure-related complications. Percutaneous drainage is an alternative to the surgical treatment of symptomatic and nonresolving mediastinal pseudocysts, provided that a safe access route can be found.This publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
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