Kidney transplant lymphocele: treatment with laparoscopic drainage and omental packing.
Lymph collections are not uncommon after kidney transplantation. These have been treated classically by laparotomy with internal drainage and omental packing. A technique is described that allows this to be done via the laparoscope. The patient was discharged on postoperative day 1 and has had no recurrence of the lymphocele.
Voeller
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Department of Surgery, University of Tennessee, Memphis.
Butts
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Vera
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D000328:Adult; D004322:Drainage / Q000379:methods*; D005921:Glomerulonephritis / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007430:Intraoperative Care; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008210:Lymphocele / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D009852:Omentum / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*