Introduction:

Percutaneous drainage of intraabdominal collections guided by ultrasonography or computerized axial tomography has been the treatment of choice for the management of abdominal or pelvic abscesses.

Objective:

To describe the experience with the percutaneous ultrasonography-guided drainage of abdominal collections in patients at the San José University Hospital in Popayán, Colombia, in the period October 2014 and April 2016.

Materials and methods:

This is a case series of 79 patients who underwent interventional management of abdominal collections by a percutaneous procedure guided by images; all patients met the inclusion and exclusion criteria. The statistical analysis was carried out with the SPSS Statistics program.

Results:

106 percutaneous procedures were performed for drainage of different intra-abdominal collections. The most frequent intervention was the drainage of hepatic collections (32.1%), mostly hepatic abscesses, followed by drainage of postoperative abscesses following open or laparoscopic surgery.

Conclusions:

The management of interventional techniques in the hands of the trained surgeon is an effective and safe method for the treatment of different intra-abdominal collections. The procedure was successful in 99% of the patients.

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