Ultrasound-guided lauromacrogol injection versus ethanol injection for the treatment of hepatic hemangiomas / 介入放射学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the clinical curative effect and safety of ultrasound-guided lauromacrogol injection and ethanol injection in treating hepatic hemangiomas.Methods A total of 60 patients with hepatic hemangioma were randomly and equally divided into lauromacrogol group (n=30) and ethanol group (n=30).Ultrasound-guided lauromacrogol injection and ultrasound-guided ethanol injection were performed for the patients of lauromacrogol group and the patients of ethanol group,respectively.The clinical curative effect and the incidence of adverse reaction of the two groups were evaluated,and the results were compared between the two groups.Results No statistically significantly difference in clinical curative effect existed between the two groups (P=0.489,P＞0.05).The incidence of adverse effects in the ethanol group was significantly higher than that in the lauromacrogol group,and the difference was statistically significant (x2=5.963,P=0.03,P＜0.05).Conclusion For the treatment of hepatic hemangiomas,ultrasound-guided lauromacrogol injection carries quite the same curative effect as ultrasound-guided ethanol injection does,but lauromacrogol injection has less untoward effects and lower pain rate,besides,injection of lauromacrogol can be well tolerated by the patients.Therefore,the method of ultrasound-guided lauromacrogol injection is worthy of clinical application.