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Microsurgical treatment of chyluria: a preliminary report
- Source :
- The Journal of urology. 145(6)
- Publication Year :
- 1991
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Abstract
- We treated 80 patients with recurrent chyluria (68 men and 12 women) by a microsurgical technique since 1978. Transinguinal spermatic lymphangiovenous anastomosis was performed in 64 patients and inguinal lymph node-saphenous vein anastomosis was performed in 16. Followup was 6 months to 11 years in 50 of the former and 12 of the latter patients. Chyluria disappeared completely in 30 (60%) and 8 (66.7%) patients, respectively. In 6 of the former patients (12%) chyluria had disappeared immediately after the operation but it recurred within 1.5 to 3 years. The procedure has the advantage of a superficial operative field, and is simple and less traumatic.
- Subjects :
- Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Microsurgery
Chyle
Chyluria
Urology
medicine.medical_treatment
Inguinal Canal
Anastomosis
Urine
Spermatic cord
Preliminary report
medicine
Humans
Saphenous Vein
Vein
Spermatic Cord
business.industry
Anastomosis, Surgical
medicine.disease
Inguinal canal
Surgery
medicine.anatomical_structure
Female
Lymph Nodes
business
Follow-Up Studies
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 00225347
- Volume :
- 145
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- The Journal of urology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....c92e6e4fc7ce7d98c7a15dc5e9bf9390