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CLINICAL STUDY OF PATIENTS WITH RUPTURED LIVER ABSCESS

Dr. Tufail Ahmed Baloch,Dr. Tariq Zaffar Shaikh,Dr. Muhammad Sohail Baig, Hamid Nawaz Ali Memon,Dr. Samar Raza and Dr. Ali Raza Shaikh

OBJECTIVE: To determine the clinical study of patients with ruptured liver abscess PATIENTS AND METHODS: The six months cross sectional study was conducted on patients with liver abscess either gender presented at tertiary care hospital. The inclusion criteria was considered as clinical, ultrasonographic and serologic diagnosis (ELISA) of liver abscess, hospitalized and outpatient patients of both genders and the patients who came for follow up as advised while the exclusion criteria abdominal or biliary surgery and neoplastic antecedents while the frequency / percentages (%) and means ±SD computed for study variables. RESULTS:During six month study period total fifty patients had ruptured liver abscess were explored and study. the frequency for male and female population was 36 (72%) and 14 (28%) with mean ± SD for age of male and female individuals was 48.98±8.42 and 49.72±8.54 respectively. gender; male 36 (72%) and female 14 (28%), type of liver abscess; amebic liver abscess 35 (70%), pyogenic liver abscess 15 (30%), residence urban 18 (36%), rural 32 (64%); treatment open drainage 33 (66%), catheter drainage 17 (34%), complications; sepsis 03 (15.0%), peritonitis 05 (25.0%), pleural effusion 04 (20.0%), empyema 04 (20.0%), pneumonia 03 (15.0%) and pericardial effusion 01 (5.0%). CONCLUSION:Ruptured liver abscess requires prompt laparotomy and clearance of the septic focus along with a sound knowledge of the intraperitoneal spaces. KEYWORDS:Abscess, Liver, Amebic and Pyogenic.

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