METHOD OF TREATING LYMPHORRHEA FOLLOWING FEMOROINGUINAL LYMPHADENECTOMY

摘要

FIELD: medicine.;SUBSTANCE: invention refers to medicine, namely to surgery and can be used in treating lymphorrhea following femoroinguinal lymphadenectomy for skin melanoma. Polysorb MP sterile powder is insufflated into the prepared postoperative wound cavity in the wound edge diastasis. The powder is spread with a dry gauze swab along the whole surface of the wound pocket. That is followed by tight wound tamponade. As the dressing is soaked, Polysorb MP is completely evacuated, and the other dressing is applied until lymphorrhea is terminated.;EFFECT: method provides terminating lymphorrhea in the given category of patients by generating the complexes of silicone oxide and tissue liquid proteins, which create an occlusion of lymphatic vessels lumen.;2 ex