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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
==Surgical Care== | ==Surgical Care== | ||
*Needle [[aspiration]] or incision and drainage of [[inguinal]] [[buboes]] may be required to prevent [[ulcer]] or [[sinus]] formation. | |||
*Patients with [[rectal strictures]] as a complication of LGV may need surgery to prevent [[bowel obstruction]] and [[bowel infarction]].<ref name="pmid25870512">{{cite journal| author=Ceovic R, Gulin SJ| title=Lymphogranuloma venereum: diagnostic and treatment challenges. | journal=Infect Drug Resist | year= 2015 | volume= 8 | issue= | pages= 39-47 | pmid=25870512 | doi=10.2147/IDR.S57540 | pmc=PMC4381887 | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=25870512 }} </ref> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Nate Michalak, B.A.
Overview
Surgical Care
- Needle aspiration or incision and drainage of inguinal buboes may be required to prevent ulcer or sinus formation.
- Patients with rectal strictures as a complication of LGV may need surgery to prevent bowel obstruction and bowel infarction.[1]
References
- ↑ Ceovic R, Gulin SJ (2015). "Lymphogranuloma venereum: diagnostic and treatment challenges". Infect Drug Resist. 8: 39–47. doi:10.2147/IDR.S57540. PMC 4381887. PMID 25870512.