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Shenoy-Bhangle AS, Gervais DA. Use of fibrinolytics in abdominal and pleural collections. Semin Intervent Radiol. 2012;29(4):264-9doi: 10.1055/s-0032-1330060.
Shenoy-Bhangle, A. S., & Gervais, D. A. (2012). Use of fibrinolytics in abdominal and pleural collections. Seminars in interventional radiology, 29(4), 264-9. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0032-1330060
Shenoy-Bhangle, Anuradha S, and Gervais, Debra A. "Use of fibrinolytics in abdominal and pleural collections." Seminars in interventional radiology vol. 29,4 (2012): 264-9. doi: https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0032-1330060
Shenoy-Bhangle AS, Gervais DA. Use of fibrinolytics in abdominal and pleural collections. Semin Intervent Radiol. 2012 Dec;29(4):264-9. doi: 10.1055/s-0032-1330060. PMID: 24293799; PMCID: PMC3577625.
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Semin Intervent Radiol. 2012 Dec;29(4):264-9. doi: 10.1055/s-0032-1330060.

Use of fibrinolytics in abdominal and pleural collections.

Seminars in interventional radiology

Anuradha S Shenoy-Bhangle, Debra A Gervais

Affiliations

  1. Abdominal Imaging and Intervention, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital.

PMID: 24293799 PMCID: PMC3577625 DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1330060

Abstract

Fluid collections that are incompletely drained despite adequate catheter position, size, and number represent a minority of abscesses but a source of great frustration for patients, surgeons, and interventional radiologists. Drainage of such complex collections is known to be more effective with the adjunctive use of intracavitary fibrinolytic agents instilled via the drainage catheter. In this review article, we discuss the role of fibrinolytics specifically tissue plasminogen activator as explored by interventional radiologists in enhancing effective drainage of these complex abdominal and pelvic collections as well as complex pleural collections.

Keywords: abscess; empyema; interventional radiology; percutaneous drainage; thrombolytic therapy

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