Ligation of lymph vessels for the treatment of recurrent inguinal lymphoceles following lymphadenectomy

Table 1 Overview of treated patients

Patient number	Gender	Age at surgery	Cause	Days until ligation	Side	Number of lymph vessels ligated	Drain/VAC	Days until drain/VAC removal	Postoperative need for puncture
1	Female	44	Melanoma	32	Left	2	Drain	4	No^a
2	Female	78	Lymphoma	84	Left	4	None	–	No
3	Female	62	Melanoma	32	Right	5	Drain	21	No
4	Male	60	Penile SCC	39	Left	3	VAC	17	No
5	Male	70	Melanoma	26	Bilateral	3/2	Drain	1/5	Yes/yes
6	Female	70	Melanoma	27	Right	2	Drain	3	Yes
7	Male	76	Melanoma	15	Right	3	VAC	5	No
8	Female	72	Ovarian cancer	144	Right	1	None	–	No

VAC vacuum-assisted closure
^aPostoperatively developed lymphatic malformation, which was surgically removed. After this procedure, lymphocele developed again which in the end was treated with a renewed vessel ligation procedure

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