ABSTRACT
El papel de las venas perforantes incompetentes en la enfermedad venosa crónica está bien establecido. La localización de las venas perforantes y la valoración de su alteración hemodinámica se realizó mediante exploración clínica y eco-Doppler. De 1999 a 2000, 50 pacientes diagnosticados de insuficiencia de venas perforantes fueron sometidos a ligadura subfascial endoscópica de venas perforantes incompetentes, con o sin safenectomía por stripping. La ligadura subfascial permite la curación de las úlceras venosas y la drástica reducción de la tasa de recurrencia de las mismas, así como una rápida curación de las heridas quirúrgicas y un buen resultado estético. (AU)
Subject(s)
Adult , Female , Male , Middle Aged , Humans , Varicose Veins/surgery , Varicose Veins/diagnosis , Varicose Veins/etiology , Varicose Veins/epidemiology , Endoscopy/methods , Endoscopy , Ligation/methods , Ligation , Venous Insufficiency/surgery , Venous Insufficiency/diagnosis , Venous Insufficiency/epidemiology , Vascular Surgical Procedures/methods , Wounds, Penetrating/surgery , Wounds, Penetrating/diagnosis , Wounds, Penetrating/epidemiology , Leg/blood supply , Venous Cutdown/methods , Venous CutdownABSTRACT
We report a case of a 12-years-old girl treated by percuta-neous injection of a splenic epithelial cyst. Indication was due to the gradual cyst's growth and pain in left hypocondrium. A percutaneous drainage under ultrasonographic view was performed with direct puncture technique, inserting a pigtail catheter into the cyst. After the total aspiration of the contrast, we injected sterile absolute alcohol for 20 minutes. Subsecuently, it was aspirated and the catheter was pulled-out. After a follow up period of more than 4 years, the cyst remains collapsed. There were no complications.