Image-Guided Abscess Drainage

Content Reviewed: 2021-09-07

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27 Clinical Cases

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Course Description

This course will help the learner understand the causes, indication, contraindications, and procedural steps associated with image-guided abscess drainage.

Learning Outcomes & CME Information

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SA-CME now available! In addition to earning AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™, this course is eligible for SA-CME credit. Note: the course evaluation must be completed and SA-CME selected in order to claim SA-CME credit.

After completing this course, you will be better able to:

Apply appropriate search patterns to ensure high quality case assessment
Identify key anatomical landmarks, variations, and abnormalities on imaging
Accurately interpret advanced imaging cases
Formulate definitive diagnoses and limited differentials

Instructors

Mikhail CSS Higgins, MD, MPH

Director, Radiology Medical Student Clerkships; Director, ESIR

Boston University Medical Center

Lesson

Course Objectives

1 min.

Intro & Learning Objectives – Imaging Mastery Series: Image-Guided Abscess Drainage in Interventional Radiology

2 m.

Lesson

Abcess Recognition

4 Clinical Cases

14 min.

Abscess Recognition

10 m.

Learning Case: Left Flank Pain in a Woman with Hepatitis C

2 m.

Learning Case: Unexplained Abdominal Pain in a Man with Grave’s Disease

4 m.

Lesson

Anatomy and Etiology

19 min.

Abscess Variations

16 m.

Abscess Variation Considerations

5 m.

Lesson

Indications & Contraindications

3 Clinical Cases

23 min.

Indications & Contraindications

10 m.

Learning Case: Suspicious Abdominal Mass

6 m.

Learning Case: Small Bowel Obstruction Secondary to Cancer

5 m.

Learning Case : Weakness and Dysuria

4 m.

Lesson

Route Planning

1 min.

Route Planning

2 m.

Lesson

Imaging Modalities

6 min.

Ultrasound

4 m.

2 m.

Fluoroscopy

3 m.

Lesson

Procedural Steps

11 Clinical Cases

32 min.

Trocar Technique

6 m.

Seldinger Technique

7 m.

Needle Aspiration and Catheterization

9 m.

Example of Image Guided Abscess Drainage

13 m.

Lesson

Complications

5 Clinical Cases

15 min.

Complications

5 m.

Learning Case: A Persistent Collection after Drainage

8 m.

Learning Case: Wedge-Shaped Renal Hypodensity

5 m.

Lesson

Alternate Access

4 Clinical Cases

19 min.

Alternate Access for Pelvis Abscesses

3 m.

Transvaginal Approach to Deep Collections

5 m.

Transrectal Approach to Deep Collections

3 m.

Transgluteal Approach to Deep Collections

4 m.

Learning Case: A Man with Dysuria and Urinary Retention

3 m.

Learning Case: Abdominal Pain

4 m.

Image-Guided Abscess Drainage

Course Description

Instructors

Lesson

Course Objectives

Lesson

Abcess Recognition

Lesson

Anatomy and Etiology

Lesson

Indications & Contraindications

Lesson

Route Planning

Lesson

Imaging Modalities

Lesson

Procedural Steps

Lesson

Complications

Lesson

Alternate Access

Course Evaluation

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