Image-guided treatment helping women with tubo-ovarian abscesses avoid unnecessary surgery
Thursday, April 23, 2009 - 11:35
in Health & Medicine
Image guided drainage of tubo ovarian abscesses help women avoid surgery, according to a study performed at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, MA. Tubo ovarian abscesses (TOAs) are an infected collection of pus, involving a patient's fallopian tube(s) or ovaries. They can occur in patients with complicated cases of pelvic inflammatory disease, appendicitis or diverticulitis.