1. Sclerotherapy for congenital vascular malformations with mixing foam of polidocanol and liquid of bleomycin.
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Yang, Wei-Hong, Xiang, Xian-Jun, and Li, Hai-Lei
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EVALUATION of medical care , *COMBINATION drug therapy , *RETROSPECTIVE studies , *FLUOROSCOPY , *SCLEROTHERAPY , *BLOOD-vessel abnormalities , *DESCRIPTIVE statistics , *CLINICAL medicine , *RESEARCH funding , *BLEOMYCIN , *ARTERIOVENOUS malformation , *THERAPEUTICS - Abstract
Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of sclerotherapy for congenital vascular malformation (CVM) using a combination of polidocanol foam and bleomycin liquid. Methods: A retrospective review of a prospectively collected data on patients who had sclerotherapy for CVM from May 2015 to July 2022 was performed. Results: A total of 210 patients with a mean age of 24.8 ± 2.0 years were included. Venous malformation (VM) was the most common type of CVM, accounting for 81.9% (172/210) of all patients. At 6 months follow-up, the overall clinical effective rate was 93.3% (196/210), and 50% (105/210) of patients were clinically cured. The clinical effective rates in VM, lymphatic, and arteriovenous malformation group were 94.2%, 100%, and 100%. Conclusion: Sclerotherapy using a combination of polidocanol foam and bleomycin liquid is an effective and safe treatment for venous and lymphatic malformations. It is a promising treatment option with satisfactory clinical outcome in arteriovenous malformations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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