95% ethanol rinse combined with lauromacrogol injection versus lauromacrogol injection alone for ultrasound-guided percutaneous sclerotherapy of simple renal cysts in elderly patients: Which is safer and more effective?
Kan Gao, Feiliang Wang, Lengnan Xu, Weide Dai · 2026
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Kan Gao, Feiliang Wang, Lengnan Xu, and Weide Dai compare, in a 2026 retrospective study, two needle treatments for simple kidney cysts in older patients. Sclerotherapy drains a cyst and injects an agent to collapse its wall. One group received a lauromacrogol injection alone, while the other first had the cyst rinsed with 95 percent ethanol.
The study covered 94 patients, average age about seventy, treated under ultrasound guidance between 2019 and 2025 and followed for a year. Cyst volume shrank from an average 113 milliliters to nearly zero in both groups, with resolution and cure rates above 97 percent overall and no significant difference between techniques. Adverse events, however, were far more common with the ethanol rinse, driven by pain and fever. The authors favor injection alone for safety.
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| CREATOR | Kan Gao, Feiliang Wang, Lengnan Xu, Weide Dai |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 32023 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |