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. 1982 Sep;58(683):573–574. doi: 10.1136/pgmj.58.683.573

Sclerotherapy in the treatment of a recurrent lymphocele

A J Pope, M C Ormiston, D G Bogod
PMCID: PMC2426465  PMID: 7145799

Abstract

The management of postoperative lymphoceles is often lengthy and unsatisfactory. We describe the successful treatment of a recurrent lymphocele by the repeated injection of sodium tetradecylsulphate (STD) after percutaneous aspiration. This method of treatment has not to our knowledge been previously described.

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