caa a22 4500 475754581 CHVBK 20180406123534.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170329e20000501xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s002470050775 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s002470050775 Marked acute tissue swelling following percutaneous sclerosis of low-flow vascular malformations: a predictor of both prolonged recovery and therapeutic effect [Elektronische Daten] [L. F. Donnelly, G. S. Bisset III, D. M. Adams] Purpose. To evaluate the significance of marked, acute swelling in patients after percutaneous sclerosis of low-flow vascular malformations, as a predictor of both prolonged recovery and likelihood of therapeutic effect.¶Materials and methods. In 22 patients who underwent percutaneous ethanol sclerosis of low-flow vascular malformations, we compared the incidence of prolonged recovery and lasting therapeutic effect between those patients with and without marked soft-tissue swelling following the procedure.¶Results. Five patients exhibited marked swelling after sclerosis. Four of these five had causes of prolonged recovery. These four recovered and all five eventually had marked therapeutic effect. Seventeen patients did not meet criteria for severe swelling. Only one of these patients had prolonged recovery. Eighteen of the 22 total patients had therapeutic effect. All 4 of the 22 total patients who had no therapeutic effect were in the group without marked swelling.¶Conclusions. Marked soft-tissue swelling, which occurs after percutaneous sclerosis of vascular malformations, is both a predictor of prolonged recovery and high likelihood of therapeutic effect. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2000 Donnelly L. F. Clinic for the Treatment of Vascular Malformations, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA, US aut Bisset III G. S. Clinic for the Treatment of Vascular Malformations, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA, US aut Adams D. M. Clinic for the Treatment of Vascular Malformations, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA, US aut https://doi.org/10.1007/s002470050775 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s002470050775 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Donnelly L. F. Clinic for the Treatment of Vascular Malformations, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA, US aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Bisset III G. S. Clinic for the Treatment of Vascular Malformations, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA, US aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Adams D. M. Clinic for the Treatment of Vascular Malformations, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA, US aut Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer