Injection Treatment of Hernia, Hydrocele, Ganglion, Hæmorrhoids, Prostate Gland, Angioma, Varicocele, Varicose Veins, Bursæ and Joints

Sclerosing Therapy: The Injection Treatment of Hernia, Hydrocele, Varicose Veins and Hæmorrhoids

The Injection Treatment of Varicose Veins, Hæmorrhoids, and Other Conditions

The Injection Treatment of Stress Incontinence

THE injection of sclerosing solutions has for some years been used as a method of treatment in ailments such as varicose veins, hydrocele, ganglion and inguinal hernia, the irritant solution stimulating the formation of fibrous tissue. Successful reports of this method in cases of inguinal hernia has prompted its trial for stress incontinence in patients who present varying degrees of anterior ...

Sclerotherapy for Baker's Cyst.

Centeno and coworkers (Pain Physician 2008: 11: 257-262) brought to light a very important subject (1). Historically, installation of irritating substances into a pathologic, fluid filled cavity has been known since Aurelius Cornelius Celsus (25 B.C.– 50 A.D.) described the injection of saltpeter (potassium nitrate), to cure hydrocele (2,3). Contemporary work with sodium morrhuate (SM) began in...

The Rational Treatment of Varicose Veins and Varicocele

This is an excellent handbook consisting of 179 pages and divided into two parts each part having four chapters. The first part deals with the aetiology of varicose veins and the various theories in relation to this subject have been described briefly. The normal venous return, the connection between" the superficial, perforating and the deep veins have been satisfactorily explained. The second...