Management of symptomatic lymphocele via percutaneous drainage and sclerotherapy with tetracycline

Lymph collections following pelvic surgery are usually asymptomatic, but may occasionally produce symptoms requiring invasive therapy. We have successfully obliterated a large lymphocele by employing percutaneous drainage and instilling tetracycline.

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Published inUrology (Ridgewood, N.J.) Vol. 37; no. 3; pp. 237 - 239
Main Authors McDowell, Gladstone C, Babaian, R. Joseph, Johnson, Douglas E
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01.03.1991
Elsevier Science
Subjects
Abdominal Muscles
Biological and medical sciences
Drainage - methods
Humans
Lymphocele - complications
Lymphocele - therapy
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Muscular Diseases - complications
Muscular Diseases - therapy
Sclerotherapy
Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases
Surgery of the urinary system
Tetracyclines - therapeutic use
Human
Lymphatic system
Urinary system disease
Surgical drainage
Tetracycline derivatives
Cardiovascular disease
Injection
Prostatic disease
Sclerosis
Percutaneous route
Case study
Lymphocele
Lymphadenectomy
Chemotherapy
Treatment
Surgery
Complication
Prostatectomy
Tumor
Prostate
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Summary:Lymph collections following pelvic surgery are usually asymptomatic, but may occasionally produce symptoms requiring invasive therapy. We have successfully obliterated a large lymphocele by employing percutaneous drainage and instilling tetracycline.
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ISSN:0090-4295
1527-9995
DOI:10.1016/0090-4295(91)80292-F