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    AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2009 Oct;193(4):978-80.

    Digital subtraction angiography-guided percutaneous transcatheter foam sclerotherapy of varicocele: a novel tracking technique.

    Li L, Zeng XQ, Li YH.

    Department of Interventional Radiology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510515, China.

    OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this article is to describe a new tracking technique for using sclerosing foam with radiologic guidance. Thirty-nine men with varicocele underwent transcatheter foam sclerotherapy. Sclerosing foam was produced by the Tessari technique using 5% sodium morrhuate solution, and foam sclerotherapy was performed by the new tracking technique, the filling-defects technique, under digital subtraction angiography (DSA) guidance using a step-by-step process consisting of spermatic phlebography, injection of sclerosing foam as a negative radiographic contrast material, and rinse of the catheter. CONCLUSION: The DSA-guided filling-defects technique is a feasible method for tracking the sclerosing foam and should be used in the treatment of other venous disorders when using sclerosing foam with radiologic guidance.

    PMID: 19770319 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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