[Lymphatic cysts after radical abdominal surgery--epidemiology and aetiopathogenesis]

In the last ten years have been 8 cases of lymphatic cysts among 225 regularly controlled patients after Wertheim's operation. There is a significant difference between a control group with and one without resection of the Rosenmüller's node, in addition to an obligatory extirpation of lymphatic nodes. The significance of this lymphatic node for the genesis of lymphocysts is supported by the localisation of small cysts in ultrasonography. The influence of other factors on the genesis of lymphocysts is discussed in our own cases and in those of the available literature.