Abscess Therapy

Research from University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center reveals new findings on abscess therapy

Published in Telemedicine Week, May 19th, 2009

Fresh data on abscess are presented in the report 'Two-tuohy needle and catheter technique for fluoroscopically guided percutaneous drainage of spinal epidural abscess: a case report.' According to a study from the United States, "The incidence of spinal epidural abscess has increased in the past decades. Traditionally, management was based on surgical decompression."

"More recent studies have shown conservative management has successful outcomes in selected patients. We present a case, in which an elderly woman presented with new onset radicular pain and mild leukocytosis more than a week after a complicated revision of an intrathecal catheter in place for management...

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Source: Telemedicine Week (2009-05-19)

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