Effect of mini-dose heparin on lymphocele formation following extraperitoneal pelvic lymphadenectomy
| Autor: | William J. Catalona, Dov Kadmon, David B. Crane |
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| Rok vydání: | 1980 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Urology medicine.medical_treatment Pelvis Lymphocele Postoperative Complications Thromboembolism medicine Humans Heparin therapy Pelvic lymphadenectomy Lymphatic Diseases business.industry Heparin Incidence (epidemiology) Cancer Prostatic Neoplasms medicine.disease Surgery Lymph Node Excision Lymphadenectomy Lymph business medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | The Journal of urology. 123(6) |
| ISSN: | 0022-5347 |
| Popis: | To evaluate the effect of mini-dose heparin therapy on lymphocele formation after extraperitoneal pelvic lymphadenectomy we reviewed the records of 38 patients undergoing this procedure for prostatic cancer during a 24-month period. All patients had a minimum of 6 months of followup. Lymphoceles occurred in 3 of 8 patients (38 per cent) receiving mini-dose heparin and prolonged lymph drainage occurred in 1 other patient (12 per cent). In contrast, only 1 of 30 patients (3 per cent) not receiving mini-dose heparin had a lymphocele and 1 (3 per cent) had prolonged lymph drainage. The results suggest that mini-dose heparin may delay clotting of lymph and, thus, may be associated with an increased incidence of lymphocele formation after extraperitoneal lymphadenectomy. |
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