From Interventional Radiology to Laparoscopic Liver Resection as Complementary Strategies in the Treatment of Hepatic Abscess Caused by Ingested Foreign Bodies.

Hepatic abscess from orally ingested foreign bodies are uncommon. We report here two cases of such a condition treated by foreign body extraction by interventional radiology in one patient and by laparoscopic left lateral sectionectomy after failure of a percutaneous radiological approach in the second. Postoperative course was uneventful and after a clinical follow-up of 11 and 12 months, respectively, both patients were free of symptoms.