AJR Your Link to CME
HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced]


     

This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow reprints & permissions
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by White, M
Right arrow Articles by Pfister, R.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by White, M
Right arrow Articles by Pfister, R.
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Complore   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us   Add to Digg   Add to Reddit   Add to Technorati  
What's this?
American Journal of Roentgenology, Vol 145, Issue 5, 1065-1069
Copyright © 1985 by American Roentgen Ray Society

Articles

Percutaneous drainage of postoperative abdominal and pelvic lymphoceles

M White, PR Mueller, JT Ferrucci Jr, RJ Butch, JF Simeone, CC Neff, I Yoder, N Papanicolaou, and RC Pfister

Eleven patients with postoperative abdominal and pelvic lymphoceles underwent percutaneous diagnostic and therapeutic intervention with either needle aspiration or catheter drainage. Although initial sonographic or CT examinations accurately identified these collections, definitive diagnosis required fluid sampling and laboratory analysis for confirmation. Seven pelvic and two retroperitoneal lymphoceles demonstrated a gross appearance and composition different from two lymphatic collections in the upper peritoneum. Nine patients underwent catheter drainage; two were managed by needle aspiration alone. Duration of catheter drainage was 4-120 days, substantially longer than is customary for standard fluid collections. Nine of 11 patients were cured by percutaneous aspiration or drainage alone. Bacterial colonization developed in three persistently draining lymphoceles. However, no clinical sepsis or bacteremia occurred. In another patient with persistent high-volume lymphatic output, sclerotherapy with tetracycline instillation was successful in rapidly closing the lymphatic fistula. Percutaneous drainage is a safe, effective procedure for drainage of postoperative lymphoceles.
Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Complore Complore   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us   Add to Digg Digg   Add to Reddit Reddit   Add to Technorati Technorati    What's this?


This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 RadioGraphicsHome page
S. A. Akbar, S. Z. H. Jafri, M. A. Amendola, B. L. Madrazo, R. Salem, and K. G. Bis
Complications of Renal Transplantation
RadioGraphics, September 1, 2005; 25(5): 1335 - 1356.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 RadiologyHome page
J.-K. Kim, Y.-Y. Jeong, Y.-H. Kim, Y.-C. Kim, H.-K. Kang, and H.-S. Choi
Postoperative Pelvic Lymphocele: Treatment with Simple Percutaneous Catheter Drainage
Radiology, August 1, 1999; 212(2): 390 - 394.
[Abstract] [Full Text]

Home page
 VASC ENDOVASCULAR SURGHome page
J. Kiev, M. Rummel, M. D. Kerstein, and T. Matsumoto
Inguinal Lymphorrhea Following Arterial Puncture and Pseudoaneurysm Resection: A Case Report
Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, May 1, 1995; 29(3): 213 - 216.
[Abstract] [PDF]


HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
Copyright © 1985 by the American Roentgen Ray Society.