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. 2010 Dec 27;2(12):395–401. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v2.i12.395

Table 3.

Various modalities of management used in the patients

No. Treatment modality n Success rate (%)
1 Open surgical drainage 127 122 (96)
2 Percutaneous drainage 26 20 (77)
3 iv antibiotics only 16 6 (37.5)
Total 169

Nine patients with open surgical drainage had to undergo re-exploration as they had recurrence of abscess.