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What is Sclerotherapy?

Sclerotherapy is a procedure used to treat blood vessels or blood vessel malformations (vascular malformations) and also those of the lymphatic system. The procedure involves injecting the the vessels with a medication that causes them to shrink.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Nosebleed(s) 1 0
Lymphatic Malformation 1 0

See 1 patient currently having Sclerotherapy

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 0
Mild
 0
None
 0

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Sclerotherapy

Hospitalization 1

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Having Sclerotherapy (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 1   Did not seem to work: 100%
Personal research 1   Personal research: 100%
Doctor's advice 1   Doctor's advice: 100%

See all 1 patient who’ve stopped having Sclerotherapy

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Having Sclerotherapy

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
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Stopped Having Sclerotherapy

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
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Report created on May 26, 2012.