Introduction:

Hepatic abscess is defined as suppuration caused by the invasion and multiplication of microorganisms capable of developing liver parenchymal disease.

Material and method:

A review of the clinical files of patients between 17 and 90 years old of both sexes who had been admitted to the General Surgery Department of the National Hospital of Itaúgua in the period of 2010-2016 with the diagnosis of liver abscess was made. pyogenic Result: The average age is 75 years.

Prevalent sex is male with 71%. Infectious germ: of which were 38% for E. coli, 19% klebsiella, 12% enterobacter, Liver segmentation: in greater order of frequency 5-6-7 and 8 (right lobe).

Conclusion:

The AH in our hospital is an acute or subacute pathology, which occurs in middle-aged patients, predominantly male and with a preference of the right lobe. It is important to develop protocols for the management of this disease, with the purpose of improving the quality of the information recorded in the medical records, since this represented a clear limitation of the study.

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