the encouraging results of percutaneous abscess drainage ( pad ) in simple intra-abdominal abscesses have led us to employ this method in patients with more complex abdominal inflammatory disease , such as those with multiple enteric communicating or multilocular abscesses and patients in whom the percutaneous approach requires puncture routes traversing uninvolved organs .
C0243001
intra-abdominal abscesses
C0000833
abscesses