# Pigtail catheter versus open surgical drainage in liver abscess management

## TL;DR

This study compares pigtail catheter and open surgery for liver abscesses, finding the catheter method more effective.

## Contribution

The study provides new evidence that pigtail-catheter drainage is more effective than open surgical drainage for liver abscesses.

## Key findings

- Pigtail-catheter drainage showed statistically significant advantages over open surgical drainage.
- The pigtail-catheter method was found to be comparatively more effective in treating liver abscesses.

## Abstract

Individualized treatment programs for liver abscesses are essential. Therefore it is of interest to compare and evaluate
pigtail-catheter with open surgical drainage in liver abscesses. Hence, a total of 126 patients were divided randomly into 2 groups with
63 each open surgical drainage group and pigtail-catheter drainage group. We found that statistically significant difference was seen
between the 2 groups for various variables. Moreover, pigtail-catheter drainage showed comparatively more effective results than open
surgical drainage.