Treatment of persistent lymphatic drainage after laparoscopic pelvic lymph node dissection and radical retropubic prostatectomy.
A patient with a lymphocele after laparoscopic pelvic lymphadenectomy and radical retropubic prostatectomy was treated successfully with a single instillation of diatrizoate meglumine through a Jackson-Pratt drain. The authors review the origin of lymphoceles and various methods for treating them.
Albala
D M
DM
Department of Urology, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL.
Kevwitch
M K
MK
Waters
W B
WB
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000601:surgery*; D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008197:Lymph Node Excision / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008210:Lymphocele / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D010388:Pelvis; D011468:Prostatectomy / Q000379:methods*; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*