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ArticleUlusal travma ve acil cerrahi dergisi = Turkish journal of trauma & emergency surgery : TJTES2023

Intralesional bleomycin injection treatment of intra-abdominal lymphangiomas presenting with acute abdomen in children.

Rahşan Özcan, Ali Ekber Hakalmaz, Senol Emre, Ayten Ceren Bakır, Süreyya Aydın, Fatih Gulsen, Osman Faruk Senyuz, Gonca Topuzlu Tekant

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Article in Ulusal travma ve acil cerrahi dergisi = Turkish journal of trauma & emergency surgery : TJTES, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 33% of its field
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2 citing papers in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Rahşan ÖzcanDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, İstanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul-Türkiye.
Ali Ekber HakalmazDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, İstanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul-Türkiye.
Senol EmreDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, İstanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul-Türkiye.
Ayten Ceren BakırDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, İstanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul-Türkiye.
Süreyya AydınDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, İstanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul-Türkiye.
Fatih GulsenDepartment of Radiology, İstanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul-Türkiye.
Osman Faruk SenyuzDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, İstanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul-Türkiye.
Gonca Topuzlu TekantDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, İstanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul-Türkiye.
Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa · TR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundWe evaluated the results of urgent intralesional bleomycin injection (IBI) treatment of intra-abdominal lymphan-giomas (IAL) presenting with acute abdomen in children.

methodsThe records of patients who underwent urgent IBI due to acutely presenting IAL between January 2013 and January 2020 were reviewed retrospectively in terms of age, presenting symptoms, cyst type, number of injections, pre- and post-treatment cyst volume, clinical response, complications, and follow-up.

resultsSix patients with a mean age of 4.3 years (2-13 years) were treated. Presenting symptoms were acute abdominal pain (n=4), abdominal distention (n=1), hypoproteinemia and chylous ascites (n=1). Lesions were of macrocystic type in four and macro and micro cystic in two patients. The median number of injections performed was 2 (1-11). Mean cyst volume reduced dramatically from 567 cm3 (range 117-1656) to 3.4 cm3 (range 0-13.8) after treatment (p=0.028). Treatment response was excellent in four patients with complete resolution of the cysts, while good in the remaining two. No early or late complications or recurrence was observed in a mean follow-up period of 40 months (16-56 months).

conclusionIBI is a safe, fast, and easily applicable method with satisfactory results in the treatment of acutely presenting IAL. It may be recommended in primary as well as recurrent lesions.

Indexed as

Abdomen, AcuteLymphangiomaBleomycinChildChild, PreschoolHumansInjections, IntralesionalRetrospective StudiesTreatment OutcomeBleomycin

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PMID36995202
PMCPMC10214886
OpenAlexW4323527821

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