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Percutaneous renal cyst aspiration and treatment with alcohol

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Twenty-two simple renal cysts of 16 patients were aspirated under guidance of ultrasound, with a 20-gauge needle with stylet. Sixteen of those cysts were treated with 96% alcohol. All cysts that were not treated with alcohol recurred within 10 weeks. Treatment with alcohol revealed no recurrences in 3 months follow-up for 12 patients and 6 months follow-up for 4 patients. No major complications were encountered.

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    S. Özgür, S. Çetin & Y. Ilker

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Özgür, S., Çetin, S. & Ilker, Y. Percutaneous renal cyst aspiration and treatment with alcohol. International Urology and Nephrology 20, 481–484 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02550607

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