Percutaneous treatment of purulent kidney formations

Introduction. Timely diagnosis and treatment of kidney purulent abscesses remains an urgent problem of urology. They often develop in patients with severe concomitant diseases that complicate open surgery on the kidney. Minimally invasive percutaneous drainage may be their method of choice. The purpose of this study was to compare the results of their percutaneous or open lumbotomic drainage. Materials and methods. A retrospective analysis of the treatment results of 34 patients with purulent-inflammatory kidney diseases who were treated at the Center for Urology of the Mariinsky Hospital for the period from 2017 to 2019 was performed. All patients were divided into two groups: I group (18 patients) - percutaneous drainage (PD) of purulent kidney abscesses was performed; II gr. (16 patients) - an open operation (OO) was performed. Results. The operation time was significantly shorter in group I (26.1 ± 1.7 and 84.2 ± 8.3 min, p