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Does pleurodesis for pleural effusions give bright ideas about the agents for hydrocele sclerotherapy?
U Yilmaz1, O Ekmekçioğlu, A Tatlişen
1Department of Urology, Inönü University Medical Faculty, Turgut Ozal Medical Center, Malatya, Turkey. uguryilmaz@superonline.com
Objective:
Evaluation of the effectiveness of rifampicin and some agents used in the pleurodesis of pleural effusions, such as autologous blood and purified mineral talc.
Patients And Methods:
A total of 56 hydroceles were treated by sclerotherapy, in a random fashion, using purified mineral talc, rifampicin and autologous blood as sclerosant agents. The control group of patients were handled with aspiration only.
Results:
The cohort of patients in the blood group had a success rate comparable to the control group (p > 0.05). the rifampicin group did better than both control and blood groups (p < 0.05) but not better than the talc group (p < 0.01). Success rate was highest in the talc group of patients who needed no re-sclerotherapy procedures.
Conclusion:
Purified mineral talc was shown to be potentially the best sclerosant for the sclerotherapy of hydroceles and epididymal cysts.
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