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Sodium Tetradecyl Sulfate* ; Sodium*

BACKGROUND: Although venous lake is asymptomatic, treatment is usually performed for cosmetic purposes or to prevent bleeding after trauma. The treatment is diverse and includes surgical excision, compression and cryotherapy. Above all, sclerotherapy is a useful and effective procedure for the treatment of venous lake on the lip. OBJECTIVE: This study was undertaken to assess the effectiveness and complications of the sclerotherapy of venous lake on the lip. METHODS: Fifteen lesions from eleven patients with venous lake on the lip were treated with sclerotherapy using sodium tetradecyl sulfate, detergent sclerosant. According to the size of lesions, the volume of infused solution was varied and the effectiveness of treatment was evaluated after four weeks. RESULTS: After a single treatment, fourteen of the fifteen lesions(93.3%) were cleared completely. The remaining lesion was treated one additional time. There were no reported complications during treatment. CONCLUSION: Sclerotherapy is highly effective and safe for the treatment of venous lake on the lip and may be a promising treatment option.
Cryotherapy ; Detergents ; Hemorrhage ; Humans ; Lakes* ; Lip* ; Sclerotherapy* ; Sodium Tetradecyl Sulfate

Vascular malformations are the most common congenital and neonatal vascular anomalies in the head and neck region. The demand for simple and esthetic vascular malformation treatments have increased more recently. In this study, two patients that were diagnosed with venous malformations were treated with sodium tetradecyl sulfate as a sclerosing agent. Recurrence was not found one year after the surgery. This article gives a brief case report of sclerotherapy as an effective approach to treat vascular malformations in the oral cavity.
Head ; Hemangioma ; Humans ; Mouth ; Neck ; Recurrence ; Sclerotherapy* ; Sodium Tetradecyl Sulfate* ; Sodium* ; Vascular Diseases ; Vascular Malformations*

A digital mucous cyst is a benign, non-inflammatory disease frequently observed on the dorsal aspect of the fingers and toes. Multiple punctures with extraction of the cyst contents and intralesional steroid injections are the suggested treatments. However, this approach has shown a high failure and recurrence rate. Cryotherapy has had a better success rate but it is a more painful procedure. Surgical excision of the communicating tract between the cyst and joint has been reported to have the highest cure rate but it requires highly skilled surgery, and the surgery has the risk of severe complications including contractures of the joints and acquired nail deformity. We report three patients with digital mucous cysts treated by sclerotherapy without complications.
Congenital Abnormalities ; Contracture ; Cryotherapy ; Fingers ; Humans ; Joints ; Nails ; Punctures ; Recurrence ; Sclerotherapy ; Sodium ; Sodium Tetradecyl Sulfate ; Toes

BACKGROUND: Hemangioma and vascular malformation are benign vascular lesions that often occur in cephalic and cervical region. Currently, surgical resection, laser therapy, angiographic embolization, use of steroids, and sclerotherapy are used as treatments. CASE PRESENTATION: This study reports three cases of benign vascular lesions that are remarkably treated by sodium tetradecyl sulfate (STS) injection, of which occurred in oral cavity and around the mouth. Three percent of STS was diluted with 0.9 % of normal saline, and it was injected to the lesion site at least once. The result of treatment was evaluated based on clinical findings. CONCLUSION: Surgical treatment of hemangioma and vascular malformation occurred in oral cavity is not normally used because of esthetic issues and potential hemorrhage. On the other hand, sclerotherapy using STS is an effective therapy compare to surgical treatment. Despite the number of STS injection was different for each patient, all three patients had reached satisfactory level through the treatment with gradual diminution of lesions.
Hand ; Hemangioma ; Hemorrhage ; Humans ; Laser Therapy ; Mouth ; Sclerotherapy* ; Sodium Tetradecyl Sulfate* ; Sodium* ; Steroids ; Vascular Malformations

BACKGROUND: Although surgical excision is the standard method for the treatment of venous malformations, this procedure often leads to massive bleeding and cosmetic problems. Sclerotherapy for venous malformations has recently been reported, whereas sclerotherapy for varicose veins, leg telangiectasias and hemorrhoids has well been established. PBJECTIVE: To assess the usefulness of sclerotherapy for venous malformations. METHOD: Fourteen patients who had venous malformation were treated with sclerotherapy using sodium tetradecyl sulfate (Thromboject(R), Omega Laboratories, Ltd., Montreal, Canada). Clinical efficacy was evaluated by physical examination and comparison of photographs. RESULTS: In patients with venous malformations, 71.4% of the eases showed moderate to marked improvement. Side effects were noted in 6 patients, however, they were trivial and transient and no treatment was needed. CONCLUSION: Sclerotherapy can be recommended as an effective method for the treatment of venous malformations. It has milder and fewer side effects than other treatment modalities, and it also yields superior cosmetic results.
Hemorrhage ; Hemorrhoids ; Humans ; Leg ; Physical Examination ; Sclerotherapy* ; Sodium Tetradecyl Sulfate ; Telangiectasis ; Varicose Veins

BACKGROUND: Although sclerotherapy is an established procedure in treating varicose veins, a wide disparity remains in the rates of success. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness and complications of sclerotherapy in combination with compression. MATERIAL AND METHOD: From December 2000 to September 2001, a combined total of 50 legs in 39 patients with primary varicose veins were treated with sodium tetradecyl sulfate as sclerosant with the empty vein technique. Immediately after the injection, local compression was increased by a cotton wool roll, and additional compression was obtained with class II medical compression hosiery. Patients were evaluated at 5 days, 1 week, 2 weeks, and 6 weeks for degree of improvement and complications. RESULT: There were 36 women and 3 men ranging in age from 26 to 66 years, with a mean age of 45.3 years. Good sclerosing results were obtained in all patients. Of fifty legs, five had minor complications, two small intravascular clots, two pigmentations, and one compression-related bulla, which needed no treatment. CONCLUSION: The use of a cotton wool roll for local compression is highly effective, and sclerotherapy in combination with compression is safe and effective in the treatment of varicose veins.
Female ; Humans ; Leg ; Male ; Pigmentation ; Sclerotherapy* ; Sodium Tetradecyl Sulfate ; Varicose Veins* ; Veins ; Wool

Glomangioma is a kind of glomus tumor showing components of glomus cells and blood vessels. A 12-year-old female visited our department due to a tender 8 X 7 cm sized plaque formed by multiple conglobated nodules that had been growing on the left thigh since her birth. Histopathological findings showed dilated, thin walled vascular spaces surrounded by several layers of glomus cells, compatible with glomangioma. Glomangioma has been treated with surgical excision, laser, and sclerotherapy. We treated her by sclerotherapy in considering size and depth of the lesion. After second sclerotherapy with 1% sodium tetradecyl sulfate, the tender lesion almost disappeared. Sclerotherapy was effective to treat large glomangioma with good cosmetic outcome.
Blood Vessels ; Child ; Female ; Glomus Tumor* ; Humans ; Parturition ; Sclerotherapy* ; Sodium Tetradecyl Sulfate ; Thigh

This paper applies a qualitative perspective and method to a highly quantitative dataset. Data on 4275 consecutive patients with sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) who reported to the Daru General Hospital STD Clinic between 1980 and 1992 are critically examined. Prevailing public health approaches to the epidemiology of STDs presume a linguistic, social, cognitive and geographical fixity to both STDs and the people whom they afflict in ways that are empirically unsound. Some of the problems of and some of the problems with the presentation and treatment of gonorrhoea, syphilis and donovanosis are discussed. Because Daru is characterized by high levels of sexual violence, low levels of condom usage and a deeply entrenched sex industry, this total of 4275 is surely a dramatic under-accounting. In particular it misses the embodied, highly gendered nature of disease. Male and female STD Clinic patients appear to think about, feel and report their problems in greatly different ways.
STD brand of sodium tetradecyl sulfate ; Clinic ; SOCIAL ; Public health service ; Study of epidemiology

BACKGROUND: A venous lake lesion is a venous ectasia that occurs on the exposed skin of elderly people. Although a number of therapies such as surgical excision, laser therapy, infrared coagulation, cryotherapy and sclerotherapy have been used to treat venous lakes, there is no guideline for treating this lesion. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to determine whether 0.5% sodium tetradecyl sulfate (STS) is effective for the treatment of venous lake lesions. METHODS: Twelve patients with venous lake lesions were enrolled In this study. After proper antiseptic preparation, 0.5% STS was slowly injected into each subject's lesion, and this was followed by immediate compression for 10 minutes. RESULTS: After treatment, all of the patients' lesions cleared completely. The average number of treatments was 2.15+/-1.28. Two patients experienced mild side effects such as light pain and paresthesia, and these soon disappeared. There were no serious side effects reported during treatment. The mean follow up period was 29.58+/-13.48 months. CONCLUSION: We have demonstrated that sclerotherapy with 0.5% STS was quite effective for treating venous lake lesions, and this treatment caused no serious adverse effects.
Aged ; Cryotherapy ; Dilatation, Pathologic ; Follow-Up Studies ; Humans ; Lakes ; Laser Therapy ; Light ; Paresthesia ; Sclerotherapy ; Skin ; Sodium ; Sodium Tetradecyl Sulfate