EFSUMB Guidelines on Interventional Ultrasound (INVUS), Part III Abdominal Treatment Procedures (Long Version) EFSUMB Leitlinien interventioneller Ultraschall (INVUS), Teil III Ultraschall-geführte therapeutische Interventionen (Langversion)

The third part of the European Federation of Socie- ties for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology (EF- SUMB) Guidelines on Interventional Ultrasound (INVUS) assesses the evidence for ultrasound-guid- ed and assisted interventions in abdominal treat- ment procedures. Recommendations for clinical practice are presented covering indications, contra- indications, and safe and effective performance of the broad variety of these techniques. In particular, drainage of abscesses and fluid collections, inter- ventional tumor ablation techniques, intervention- al treatment of symptomatic cysts and echinococ- cosis, percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography and drainage, percutaneous gastrostomy, urinary bladder drainage, and nephrostomy are addressed (long version). Zusammenfassung !