The authors deserve thanks for addressing pelvic fractures in elderly people, which is an underestimated problem, although the associated immobility results in substantial mortality and morbidity.

[8] In this case, however, the periarticular abscess was confined ... and an MRI of the hips and pelvis should be obtained. With a confirmed diagnosis, immediate CT-guided needle biopsy and ...

Abscesses in locations that are difficult to access, such as those deep in the pelvis, subphrenic regions, or epigastric region, can be drained by using the appropriate approach-transrectal ...