Table 2: Distribution of study participants based on characteristics of abscess and drains required (n=31).

Diagnosis

Location

Number of drains

Acute necrotising pancreatitis

Left paranephric space and paravertebral region

02

Liver abscess

Segments II,IV,VI,VII

03

Abdomino-pelvic abscess

Right paracolic region and pelvis

02

Liver abscess

Segment VI and VII

02

Ruptured splenic abscess

Anterior pole of spleen and perisplenic space

02

Ruptured liver abscess

Segment VII and V

02

Acute on chronic pancreatitis with pseudocyst

Intra and peripancreatic

02