Table 1 Reports describing the discovery of a foreign body causing a liver abscess using laparoscopic surgery
Case | Year of publication | Author | Patient age | Sex | Abscess position | Maximum abscess size (mm) | Foreign body position | First treatment | Operative method | Recurrence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2012 | Riani [19] | 68 | M | Left lobe | Unknown | Margins of the liver | Antibiotics | Left lateral sectionectomy | – |
2 | 2014 | Kosar [20] | 73 | F | Left lobe | 60 | Margins of the liver | Operation | Foreign body removal + abscess drainage | – |
3 | 2015 | Panebianco [21] | 57 | F | Left lobe | 80 | Margins of the liver | Antibiotics | Foreign body removal + abscess drainage | – |
4 | 2015 | Morelli [22] | 65 | M | Left lobe | 80 | Margins of the liver | Antibiotics | Foreign body removal | – |
5 | 2016 | Tan [23] | 56 | M | Left lobe | 38 | Margins of the liver | Antibiotics + percutaneous drainage | Foreign body removal | – |
6 | 2016 | Tan [23] | 63 | M | Left lobe | 90 | Margins of the liver | Antibiotics + percutaneous drainage | Foreign body removal | – |
7 | 2018 | Bandeira-de-Mello [24] | 44 | F | Left lobe | 95 | Margins of the liver | Antibiotics + percutaneous drainage | Foreign body removal | – |
8 | 2018 | Yu [25] | 34 | F | Left lobe | Unknown | Margins of the liver | Antibiotics | Foreign body removal (laparotomy conversion) | – |
9 | 2019 | Our case | 51 | M | Left lobe | 55 | Margins of the liver | Operation | Foreign body removal + abscess drainage | – |