Pelvic abscess treatment: A novel experience with UNICO drainage

Abstract

Pelvic abscess can be a life-threatening condition due to infected fluid collection. Usually, pelvic abscess occurs as a complication of surgical procedures or pelvic organ tumors, inflammatory pelvic conditions, infectious gastrointestinal tract and gynecological diseases. Drainage is the standard treatment of pelvic abscess especially after failure of the antibiotic therapy. UNICO drainage is an innovative catheter for minimal invasive centesis and miscellaneous drainage procedures. In this report, it was used on three patients with pelvic abscess of different etiology: Pelvic inflammatory disease, Crohn disease, and endometriosis. In all cases, UNICO drainage was applied transrectally under loco-regional anesthesia. The procedure was well tolerated with rapid improvement of clinical conditions in all cases. The procedure was easy and rapid and there were no complications in any of the three cases reported. UNICO drainage is a simple and effective drainage tool and it can be a valid alternative for pelvic abscess drainage.