Complications and precautions of sclerotherapy for chyluria

Chyluria is a debilitating illness seen in 1-2% of patients of filariasis after 10-20 years of initial infection. The obstructed retroperitoneal lymphatics rupture into pelvicalyceal system and leads to patient passing milky white chylous urine with haematuria and chylous clots. Sclerotherapy as a m...

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Main Author: Rasesh Desai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2005-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Urology
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Online Access:http://www.indianjurol.com/article.asp?issn=0970-1591;year=2005;volume=21;issue=1;spage=27;epage=30;aulast=Desai